MOLLYCODDLE

mollycoddle

(noun) a pampered darling; an effeminate man

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

Noun

mollycoddle (plural mollycoddles)

(now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.

Verb

mollycoddle (third-person singular simple present mollycoddles, present participle mollycoddling, simple past and past participle mollycoddled)

(transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.

Source: Wiktionary

Find words from

that start with

that end with

containing

of length

RESET

Word of the Day

4 October 2024

DOSSIER

(noun) a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person’s record)

Coffee Trivia

There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.