flattery, persuasion; temptation, enticement
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Cajolery Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
cajolery
\ca*jol"er*y\ (?), n.; pl. cajoleries (&?;). a wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "infamous cajoleries."
cajolery
n : flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment, palaver]
Delusive speech.
Noun
1. flattery intended to persuade
(synonym) blandishment, palaver
(hypernym) flattery
(derivation) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
