cajolery

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

cajolery

  • /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/ US

Where it comes from

From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery.

noun cajoleries

  1. countable, uncountable The 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.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"cajolery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cajolery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cajolery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cajolery

Chicago

"cajolery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cajolery.

BibTeX
@misc{cajolery_2026,
  title = {cajolery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cajolery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}