cosseted

English

Alternative forms

• cossetted

Adjective

cosseted (comparative more cosseted, superlative most cosseted)

1. Pampered.

   Synonyms: spoiled, coddled

   a cosseted childhood

   • 2001 March 17, Maya Jaggi, “George and his dragons”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     When the Parisian-born George Steiner went to Chicago University after the second world war, he found himself sharing a room with an ex-paratrooper, who stared in disbelief at "a creature so obviously cosseted, sheltered, formally decked out, book-laden, as I was", Steiner recalled.

   • 2014 March 6, Nicola Woolcock, “Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.”, in The Times‎^[2]:

     Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.

Usage notes

The adjective cosseted is frequently written with two T’s: cossetted.

Derived terms

• overcosseted
• uncosseted

 

Related terms

• cosseting

Translations

pampered

• German: verwöhnt (de), verhätschelt (de)

Verb

cosseted

1. simple past and past participle of cosset

Anagrams

• cestodes, codesets