noun
Meaning 1
A pet, usually a pet lamb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cosset
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒsɪt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑsɪt/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈkɒsɪt/ of the US
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Australian: /ˈkɔsɪt/
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New-Zealand: /ˈkɒsət/
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New-Zealand: [ˈkɔ̟sət]
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rhymes with -ɒsɪt
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 S AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone indulged or cosseted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of cossid (“courier or messenger”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
To treat like a pet; to overly indulge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The car cossets its occupants in comfort.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The foam cossets your skin.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To benefit; to make life easy for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
treat with excessive indulgence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pamper, featherbed, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: treat, handle, do by
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: галя (galja) — to treat like a pet
- Chinese Mandarin: 宠爱 (chǒng ài) — to treat like a pet
- Czech: rozmazlovat — to treat like a pet
- Czech: hýčkat — to treat like a pet
- Dutch: verwennen — to treat like a pet
- Dutch: vertroetelen — to treat like a pet
- French: gâter — to treat like a pet
- French: chouchouter — to treat like a pet
- French: dorloter — to treat like a pet
- French: choyer — to treat like a pet
- German: verhätscheln — to treat like a pet
- German: verwöhnen — to treat like a pet
- Italian: coccolare — to treat like a pet
- Spanish: mimar — to treat like a pet
- Spanish: consentir — to treat like a pet
- Spanish: apapachar — to treat like a pet