cajole

Meaning

Verb

Origin

  • Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler ("chatter like a jay") (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai) + Old French gaioler ("entice into a cage"), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea ("cage, coop, enclosure, stall").

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