cajole
verb
- to prevail upon with delusive flattery and specious promises
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəˈdʒəʊl/ / /kəˈd͡ʒoʊl/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French cajoler, 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”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.
- The act of cajoling.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from French cajoler, 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”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.
- To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
“Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]”
“If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?”