What does Cosset mean?

Definitions for Cosset
ˈkɒs ɪtcos·set

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulgeverb

    treat with excessive indulgence

    "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

Wiktionary

  1. cossetnoun

    a pet; often specifically a pet lamb

  2. cossetverb

    to treat like a pet; to overly indulge

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cossetnoun

    A lamb brought up without the dam.

    If thou wilt bewail my woful teen,
    I shall thee give yond’ cosset for thy pain. Edmund Spenser, Past.

ChatGPT

  1. cosset

    A cosset is a person or a pet that is overly pampered or spoilt, given excessive indulgence or attention. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to care for or look after in an overindulgent way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cossetnoun

    a lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general

  2. Cossetverb

    to treat as a pet; to fondle

  3. Etymology: [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cosset

    kos′set, n. a lamb reared in the house without a dam: a pet.—v.t. to fondle. [Ety. dub.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Cosset in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Cosset in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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