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cajoler

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It is the handsome Denis Ronciat, the beau and cajoler of the village girls, who utters an exclamation of surprise.

WORD ORIGIN

1640s, from French cajoler "to cajole, wheedle, coax," perhaps a blend of Middle French cageoler "to chatter like a jay" (16c., from gajole, southern diminutive of geai "jay;" see jay (n.)), and Old French gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage" (see jail (n.)). Related: Cajoled; cajoling.

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