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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19 January 2025

ELOQUENCE

(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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