About The Word Cosset
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Cosset
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What's The Definition Of Cosset?
[v] treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cosset: baby | cocker | coddle | featherbed | indulge | mollycoddle | pamper | spoil Related Terms | Find terms related to Cosset: 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 See Also | do by | handle | treat Cosset In Webster's Dictionary \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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