In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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
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
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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