different between woo vs cajole

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wo?o, IPA^(key): /wu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

From Middle English wowen, wo?en, from Old English w?gian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English w?g, w?h (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanh? (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).

Alternative forms

• wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)

Verb

woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed)

1. (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
2. (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.

     Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
3. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
   • a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind

     I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.

Synonyms

• (to solicit in love): court; see also Thesaurus:woo

Derived terms

• wooer

Translations

Etymology 2

Interjection

woo

1. (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

   "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"

Etymology 3

Adjective

woo (comparative more woo, superlative most woo)

1. Alternative form of woo woo

Noun

woo

1. Alternative form of woo woo

Anagrams

• OWO

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wo?/

Determiner

wóo

1. that, those (masculine)

See also

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wo, wa

Etymology

From Old English w?, w?, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

woo (plural woos)

1. woe, torment, anguish

Synonyms

• angwissh
• we

Descendants

• English: woe
• Scots: wa, wae

English

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??d???l/
• (US) enPR: k?-j?l?, IPA^(key): /k??d?o?l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Hyphenation: ca?jole

Verb

cajole (third-person singular simple present cajoles, present participle cajoling, simple past and past participle cajoled)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

   Synonyms: butter up, coax, entice, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle

   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ch. 12:

     Then he cajoled with his brother, and persuaded him what service he had done him.

   • 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, ch. 27:

     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?

   • 1894, Horatio Alger, Only An Irish Boy, ch. 19:

     He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.

   • 1898, Gilbert Parker, The Battle Of The Strong, ch. 37:

     [W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.

   • 1917, Upton Sinclair, King Coal, ch. 8:

     Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.

   • 2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, "NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty," Time:

     For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole, convince and placate Republicans.

Derived terms

• cajoler

Translations

French

Verb

cajole

1. first-person singular present indicative of cajoler
2. third-person singular present indicative of cajoler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cajoler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cajoler
5. second-person singular imperative of cajoler