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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