cosset
21cosset — cos|set [ kasət ] verb transitive FORMAL to give someone a lot of care and attention, often too much: PAMPER …
22cosset — [[t]kɒ̱sɪt[/t]] cossets, cosseting, cosseted VERB: usu passive (The forms cossetting and cossetted are also used.) If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant. [be V ed] Our kind of …
23cosset — cos·set || kÉ’sɪt v. pet, spoil, coddle, pamper …
24cosset — verb (cossets, cosseting, cosseted) care for and protect in an overindulgent way. Origin C16 (asnoun denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child): prob. from Anglo Norman Fr. coscet cottager , from OE cotsta cottar …
25cosset — I. n. Pet lamb, hand reared lamb; pet (of any kind). II. v. a. Fondle, caress, pet, coddle, make a pet of, make much of …
26cosset — verb (T) to give someone as much care and attention as you can, especially when it is too much: No one in the family gets as much cosseting as that cat! …
27cosset — v pamper, coddle, cherish, cocker; cuddle, nestle, nuzzle, hug; pet, fondle, caress, cover with kisses; dandle, pat on the cheek, chuck under the chin; make much of, fuss over, coo over, Inf. kill with kindness; coax, wheedle …
28cosset — cos·set …
29cosset — cos•set [[t]ˈkɒs ɪt[/t]] v. t. 1) to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle 2) a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb 3) any pet • Etymology: 1570–80; akin to OE cossetung kissing …
30cosset — /ˈkɒsət / (say kosuht) verb (t) 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. –noun 2. a lamb brought up by hand; a pet lamb. 3. a pet of any kind. {compare Old English cossetung kissing} …
