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cajoler

/ka.ʒɔ.le/

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verb/ka.ʒɔ.le/

to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms; to flatter, to cajole

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”, from gaiole), which is from Late Latin caveola (diminutive from Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”)).