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Synonyms for cajoler
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-johl |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdʒoʊl |
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Définition of cajoler
Origin :- 1640s, from French cajoler "to cajole, wheedle, coax," perhaps a blend of Middle French cageoler "to chatter like a jay" (16c., from gajole, southern diminutive of geai "jay;" see jay (n.)), and Old French gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage" (see jail (n.)). Related: Cajoled; cajoling.
- As in flatterer : noun complimenter
- It is the handsome Denis Ronciat, the beau and cajoler of the village girls, who utters an exclamation of surprise.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
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