- cossets
- cos·set || 'kɒsɪt v. pet, spoil, coddle, pamper
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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cosset — [[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 … English dictionary
cosset — 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 … English new terms dictionary
cosset — UK [ˈkɒsɪt] / US [ˈkɑsət] verb [transitive] Word forms cosset : present tense I/you/we/they cosset he/she/it cossets present participle cosseting past tense cosseted past participle cosseted formal to give someone a lot of care and attention,… … English dictionary
