cosset

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To care for and indulge someone too much; to pamper.

   Their parents cosseted them, giving in to every demand.

2. 2
   verb

   To surround someone with comfort and luxury.

   The new car cossets its passengers in soft leather and quiet.

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.

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