cosset

  • 11cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old …

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  • 12cosset — cos|set [ˈkɔsıt US ˈka: ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: cosset pet (16 19 centuries), perhaps from Old English cotsAta person who lives in a cottage ] to give someone as much care and attention as you can, especially too much ▪ He cosseted her… …

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  • 13cosset — v.tr. (cosseted, cosseting) pamper. Etymology: dial. cosset = pet lamb, prob. f. AF coscet, cozet f. OE cotsaeligta cottager (as COT(2), SIT) …

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  • 14Cosset-A Boutique Hotel — (Lonavala,Индия) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: Opposite Hotel R …

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  • 15cosset — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1579 a pet lamb; broadly pet II. transitive verb Date: 1640 to treat as a pet ; pamper …

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  • 16cosset — /kos it/, v.t. 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. n. 2. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb. 3. any pet. [1570 80; akin to OE cossetung kissing, verbal n. based on *cossettan to kiss, deriv. of coss KISS] * * * …

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  • 17cosset — 1. verb to treat like a pet; to overly indulge 2. noun a pet; often specifically a pet lamb …

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  • 18cosset — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

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  • 19cosset — cos|set Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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  • 20cosset — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pamper, fondle, coddle, pet. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To treat with indulgence and often overtender care: baby, cater, coddle, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, spoil. See TREAT WELL …

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