Cosseting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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