cajoler
- to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms
- (dated) to flatter, to cajole
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.ʒɔ.le/
Etymology
In summary
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”, from gaiole), which is from Late Latin caveola (diminutive from Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”)).
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