different between cajoled vs cajoler

cajoled

English

Verb

cajoled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of cajole

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cajoler

English

Etymology

cajole +? -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Noun

cajoler (plural cajolers)

  1. A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
  2. (linguistics) A speech act intended to persuade or convince, such as the utterance "you know".

French

Etymology

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, diminutive of Latin cavea (cage, coop, enclosure, stall).

Pronunciation

Verb

cajoler

  1. to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms
  2. (dated) to flatter, to cajole

Conjugation

Related terms

  • cajoleur
  • cajolerie

Descendants

  • ? English: cajole

Further reading

  • “cajoler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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