Cosseting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which somebody is cosseted or pampered.
"It was decided that she should go for a week or two to Rose Lodge to regain her strength, and submit to the welcome cossetings of her mother and grandmother."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of cosset form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"It was decided that she should go for a week or two to Rose Lodge to regain her strength, and submit to the welcome cossetings of her mother and grandmother."
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