cosset
cosset Lexical Profile
cosset Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To care for and protect in an overindulgent or overly solicitous manner; to pamper or coddle.
"The luxury resort is designed to cosset guests with heated marble floors and round-the-clock butler service."
• noun
A young lamb or other domestic animal raised by hand indoors without the aid of its mother; a pet lamb.
"The farmer's daughter bottle-fed the orphaned lamb until the little cosset followed her everywhere around the yard."
A person who is excessively pampered, indulged, or doted upon.
"As the youngest child in a wealthy household, he grew up as the family cosset."
Word Nuance & Usage
In British English, the inflected forms are acceptably spelled with either a single or double 't' ('cosseted'/'cossetted'), whereas American English strictly uses the single 't' ('cosseted', 'cosseting').
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the 16th century as a noun meaning a hand-reared lamb, likely derived from Old English 'cotsæta' ('cot-dweller' or 'cottager'), referring to a lamb raised indoors inside a cottage.