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Definitions for: Cosset [v] treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cos"set (k?s"s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G.
kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also
E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.]
A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in
general.
Cos"set, v. t.
To treat as a pet; to fondle.
She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made
much of. --O. W.
Holmes.
Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
See Also: do by, handle, treat
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