Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)A coaxing person.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I tried to wheedle him into telling me the answer.

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  2. She coaxed and wheedled her unwilling child into going to the dentist with her.

    ruОна уговорила и выманила ее непослушного ребенка пойти с ней к дантисту. — kukla

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Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps continuing Middle English wedlen (“to beg, ask for alms”), from Old Eng

Uncertain. Perhaps continuing Middle English wedlen (“to beg, ask for alms”), from Old English wǣdlian (“to be poor, be needy, be in want, beg”), from Proto-Germanic *wēþlōną (“to be in need”).

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Forms

plural: wheedles
Singularwheedle
Pluralwheedles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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