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coax

/koʊks/ やや難 頻度 13345位

要点うまく説き伏せる

意味

  1. (やさしい言葉・態度などで)〈人〉をうまく説き伏せる
  2. (人から)…をうまく手に入れる《+名+from(out of)+名》

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語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.

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