cosset

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To treat like a pet; to overly indulge.

   The car cossets its occupants in comfort.

2. 2
   verb

   To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

   The foam cossets your skin.

3. 3
   verb

   To benefit; to make life easy for.

   An independent oversight body is just setting up, but at full strength it will have a core team of just five. This is a state of affairs that cossets and enriches bailiffs at the expense of families who’ve fallen into debt.

4. 4
   verb

   to treat with excessive indulgence

5. 5
   noun

   A pet, usually a pet lamb.

6. 6
   noun

   Someone indulged or cosseted.

7. 7
   noun

   Alternative form of cossid (“courier or messenger”).

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English cotsete, from Old English cotsǣta (“cottager”), from cot (“cottage”) (Modern English cot (“cottage”) (archaic)) + -sǣta (“-sitter”); compare coscet. Compare German Hauslamm (literally “house lamb”), Italian casiccio.