Posted on 08/02/2004 8:52:03 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
cajole \kuh-JOAL\ verb
1. to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance; coax *
2. to deceive with soothing words or false promises
Example sentence:
Peter's friends cajoled him into coming to the party even though he was not in the mood to go.
Etymology: Did you know?
You might not think to associate "cajole" with "cage," but it's likely that these two words are connected. Researchers have made an association between the prattle of a caged bird and the persistent wheedling of a person attempting to get something out of someone else. "Cajole" comes from a French verb, "cajoler," which now means "coax" but at one time meant "to chatter like a jay." Some etymologists theorize that "cajoler" is from "gaiole," an Old North French word meaning "birdcage" and ancestor to our word "jail." "Gaiole" derives from a Late Latin word, "caveola," which means "little cage" and is the diminutive of the Latin "cavea" ("cage" or "cavity"). Our word "cage" derives from this noun, and "cave" is a close relative.
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My kitchen is done and I put up I don't know how many pounds of squash - and must go back to the garden, this time with the wheel barrow - to see what I can salvage.
I have absolutely no clue what we're going to have for dinner...........probably something mundane like hotdogs.
Glad you like the new 'do!!!
Sounds great.
I was wondering how your bounty was doing. I'm gonna do produce on a small scale next year.
Hubby took care of picking corn and squash and then we both went out and picked tomatoes, eggplant, and sweet peppers.......I still haven't gotten to the hot peppers and we were out there for nearly 2 hours.
I've got hours and hours worth of weeding to do if I want to be able to find anything .............all the rain over the past 2 weeks has totally wreaked havoc out there. It has also kept me from getting beans and peas in yet.
LE, i know you will appreciate this! the new hairdresser and i were chatting today and at one point i mentioned my age and her mouth dropped open. She said you are kidding!!! you look great, you have great skin! she thought i was in my late 30s! i know false flattery when i hear it and given other stuff she had said, referring to women in their 30s as OLDER WOMEN, i knew she thought i was younger or she wouldn't have said that. she said, i was being all chummy like you and i were the same age and i am 33~! guess i will be going back there... ; )
good story!!!!!!
And if you have half a brain, let's nominate her for sainthood! I LOVE people like her!!!!!!!!!!!
I want a vege garden..........
yep she is a saint and i love her and will go back there!
You want mine??????????
Not the best thing to yell out in the Bar...lol
AGREEMENT REACHED!!!!!!!!!!
NO STRIKE!!!!!!!!!
Cute kids! Whose are they?
My babies. Wolf,Jude and Mary Lynne
And we heard it here first!
Know anybody with a Ford cigarette lighter?
How much produce does a produce produce when a produce produces produce?
We are less than 30 miles northwest of SA-about 30 minutes away by either of two farm roads.
What cute munchkins!
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