- cajolery
- cajolery 1640s, from Fr. cajolerie "persuasion by flattery" (16c.), from cajoler (see CAJOLE (Cf. cajole)).
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cajolery
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Cajolery — Ca*jol er*y, n.; pl. {Cajoleries}. A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. Infamous cajoleries. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cajolery — index bribery, instigation, persuasion, seduction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cajolery — cajole ► VERB ▪ persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. DERIVATIVES cajolery noun. ORIGIN French cajoler … English terms dictionary
cajolery — noun see cajole … New Collegiate Dictionary
cajolery — /keuh joh leuh ree/, n., pl. cajoleries. persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing. [1640 50; < F cajolerie. See CAJOLE, ERY] * * * … Universalium
cajolery — noun cajolement … Wiktionary
cajolery — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. palaver, persuasion, coaxing. see flattery … English dictionary for students
cajolery — ca jol·er·y || lÉ™rɪ n. flattery, persuasion; temptation, enticement … English contemporary dictionary
cajolery — n. 1. Flattery, wheedling, fawning, coaxing, adulation, blandishment, blarney. 2. Deceit, deception, imposture, imposition … New dictionary of synonyms
cajolery — n wheedling, beguilement, beguiling, blandishment, blandishing, blarney, coaxing, palaver, Inf. soft soap, Inf. sweet talk, Inf. honeyed words, Sl. line, Sl. snow job; humoring, jollying, pandering to, catering to, Inf. stroking; flattery, Inf.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
