Meaning

1 senses

  1. The act of cajoling.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. He tried to cajole me into buying a candy bar for him.

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  2. It took a little cajoling but I finally got her to eat her broccoli.

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  3. Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.

    deJimmy versuchte, seine Eltern dazu zu kriegen, ihn mit seinen Freunden quer durch das Land fahren zu lassen. — MUIRIEL

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  4. Antonio cajoled Rima into dancing and she agreed.

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  5. Their mission is to go house by house, convincing, cajoling, and if necessary browbeating parents into vaccinating their children.

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Origin

Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a

Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.

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Forms

plural: cajoles
Singularcajole
Pluralcajoles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cahootcaimancairncakeA1calabashcalamityC2
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