Meaning of COSSET
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâsit
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| | Definition: | | [v] treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" |
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| | Synonyms: | | baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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| | See Also: | | do by, handle, treat | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Cos"set\, v. t.
To treat as a pet; to fondle.
She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made
much of. --O. W.
Holmes.
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| | Related Terms: | | care for, caress, cater to, cherish, cocker, coddle, cradle, cultivate, dandle, dry-nurse, favor, feed, fondle, foster, give way to, gratify, humor, indulge, lavish care on, mollycoddle, mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, pamper, pat, pet, please, satisfy, spoil, spoon-feed, suckle, sustain, wet-nurse, yield to |
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