wheedle
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wheedle/ˈwiːdl/
▶verb employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something.
– derivatives
wheedler noun,
wheedling adjective,
wheedlingly adverb.
wheedler noun,
wheedling adjective,
wheedlingly adverb.
– origin C17: perh. from Ger. wedeln ‘cringe, fawn’.
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