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coax (v.)
1580s, originally in slang phrase
to make a coax of,
from earlier noun
coax, cox, cokes
"a fool, ninny, simpleton" (1560s); modern spelling is 1706. Origin obscure, perhaps related to
cock
(n.1). Related:
Coaxed
;
coaxing
.
