Meanings
plural cajoleries
- countableuncountableThe act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
[…] by cajolery and innuendo she had persuaded him to go to the picture palace to be cheered up, and as it was now on the turn of eleven he might be expected back at any moment.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
These women are experts at flattery, cajolery and sexual excitation, and also possess unusual talents for stirring up quarrels, stimulating jealousies and spreading slander and malicious rumors.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 79
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchcajolerie
- Englishcajolery
From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery.
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