CAJOLERY

blandishment, cajolery, palaver

(noun) flattery intended to persuade

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cajolery (countable and uncountable, plural cajoleries)

cajolement

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*jol"er*y, n.; pl. Cajoleries (.

Definition: A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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