Cajole Definition

kə-jōl
cajoled, cajoles, cajoling
verb
cajoled, cajoles, cajoling
To coax with flattery and insincere talk; wheedle.
Webster's New World
To elicit or obtain by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language.
The athlete cajoled a signing bonus out of the team's owner.
American Heritage
To use flattery, pleading, or insincere language in an attempt to persuade someone to do something.
American Heritage
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Origin of Cajole

  • French cajoler possibly blend of Old French cageoler to chatter like a jay (from geai, jai jay jay2) Old French gaioler to lure into a cage (from gaiole, jaiole cage jail)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French cajoler.

    From Wiktionary

Cajole Sentence Examples

  • You can easily cajole a small child with candies or toys.

  • Outside agencies can and should advise and even cajole, but I don't think coercion works.

  • He loved to win men, especially those of the middle class, by affability and familiarity, employing all his arts to cajole and seduce those whom he needed.

  • The emperor had already made up his mind to place one of his brothers on the Spanish throne; but in order to achieve this it was necessary to cajole the young king Ferdinand VII.

  • Not without nervous dread - witness the special taboo to which the leader of society is subject - he draws near and strives to constrain, conciliate or cajole the awful forces with which the life of the group is set about.

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