mollycoddle
verb
[ ˈmɒlɪkɒd(ə)l ]
• treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.
• "I found school very difficult, and realized I'd been mollycoddled at home"
Similar:
pamper,
cosset,
coddle,
spoil,
indulge,
overindulge,
pet,
baby,
wait on hand and foot,
spoon-feed,
kill with/by kindness,
nanny,
nursemaid,
overparent,
wrap in cotton wool,
feather-bed,
cocker,
mollycoddle
noun
• an effeminate or ineffectual man or boy.
• "baseball is a game for red-blooded men and mollycoddles better stay out of it"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from molly ‘girl or prostitute’ (see moll) + coddle.
