tr.v. ca·joled, ca·jol·ing, ca·joles
To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle.
[French cajoler, possibly blend of Old French cageoler, to chatter like a jay (from geai, jai, jay; see jay2) and Old French gaioler, to lure into a cage (from gaiole, jaiole, cage; see jail).]
ca·jol
er n.
er n.ca·joler·y (-j
l
-r
) n.
er·y (-jl-r) n.ca·joling·ly adv.
ing·ly adv.The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Used In Classic Literature : Guess the Book and Writer!It is true, she was looking very charming herself, and Stephen was paying her the utmost attention on this public occasion; jealously buying up the articles he had seen under her fingers in the process of making, and gayly helping her to cajole the male customers into the purchase of the most effeminate futilities.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George
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