cosset

Verb
Synonyms: pamperfeatherbedcockerbabycoddlemollycoddlespoilindulge

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. treat with excessive indulgence“grandparents often pamper the children”“Let's not mollycoddle our students!”Synonyms: pamperfeatherbedcockerbabycoddlemollycoddlespoilindulge
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cosset \Cos"set\ (k?s"s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [1913 Webster]
Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. [1913 Webster]

She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. --O. W. Holmes.

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