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
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
