COSSET

pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge

(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; “grandparents often pamper the children”; “Let’s not mollycoddle our students!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

cosset (third-person singular simple present cossets, present participle cossetting or cosseting, simple past and past participle cossetted or cosseted)

(transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. [from 1650s]

(transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

Synonyms

• (to treat like a pet): coddle, posset; see also pamper

• (to fondle): grope, touch up; see also fondle

Noun

cosset (plural cossets)

A pet, especially a pet lamb. [from 1570s]

Someone indulged or cosseted. [from 1590s]

Anagrams

• Costes, cosets, scotes

Source: Wiktionary

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Cos"set (ks"st), n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.]

Definition: A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.

Cos"set, v. t.

Definition: To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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