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
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.
• (to treat like a pet): coddle, posset; see also pamper
• (to fondle): grope, touch up; see also fondle
cosset (plural cossets)
A pet, especially a pet lamb. [from 1570s]
Someone indulged or cosseted. [from 1590s]
• Costes, cosets, scotes
Source: Wiktionary
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
16 April 2025
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
