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



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