Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cosset"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cosset \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cosset \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cosset
v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
[syn: {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle},
{mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]
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