cosset
verb
[ ˈkɒsɪt ]
• care for and protect in an overindulgent way.
• "all her life she'd been cosseted by her family"
Similar:
pamper,
indulge,
overindulge,
mollycoddle,
coddle,
baby,
pet,
mother,
nanny,
nursemaid,
pander to,
spoon-feed,
overparent,
spoil,
wait on someone hand and foot,
cater to someone's every whim,
kill with kindness,
wrap in cotton wool,
feather-bed,
cocker,
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child): probably from Anglo-Norman French coscet ‘cottager’, from Old English cotsǣta ‘cottar’.
