n. 供玩赏的小动物, 爱畜

vt. 宠爱, 珍爱, 溺爱

[ verb ]
treat with excessive indulgence
<verb.social> baby cocker coddle featherbed indulge mollycoddle pamper spoil
grandparents often pamper the childrenLet's not mollycoddle our students!

Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t.
To treat as a pet; to fondle.

She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made
much of. --O. W.
Holmes.
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Cosset \Cos"set\ (k?s"s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G.
kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also
E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.]
A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in
general.