cosset Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb treat with excessive indulgence
    featherbed; pamper; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
    • grandparents often pamper the children
    • Let's not mollycoddle our students!

WordNet

Cos"set noun
Etymology
Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.
Definitions
  1. A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.
Cos"set transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To treat as a pet; to fondle.
    She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

Webster 1913