Define the word cosset"Cosset" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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.
[1913 Webster]
"Cosset" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t.
To treat as a pet; to fondle.
[1913 Webster]
She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made
much of. --O. W.
Holmes.
"cosset" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
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]
"cosset" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "cosset":
care for, caress, cater to, cherish, cocker, coddle, cradle,
cultivate, dandle, dry-nurse, favor, feed, fondle, foster,
give way to, gratify, humor, indulge, lavish care on, mollycoddle,
mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, pamper, pat, pet, please,
satisfy, spoil, spoon-feed, suckle, sustain, wet-nurse, yield to
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