overcoddle

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ coddle.

Verb

overcoddle (third-person singular simple present overcoddles, present participle overcoddling, simple past and past participle overcoddled)

1. (transitive) To coddle too much; to treat with too much care.
   • 2007, Bruce Grierson, U-Turn:

     If we're anxious adults, it's probably not because we were overcoddled as toddlers, but that a particular gene on chromosome 17 — one that regulates serotonin transmission — is quite different from the one found in folks who are preternaturally laid-back.

Translations

to coddle too much

• Hungarian: agyonkényeztet