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Mollycoddle

//ˈmɑl.iˌkɑd.əl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected. archaic

    "You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women."

  2. 2
    a pampered darling; an effeminate man wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper. transitive

    "Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer."

  2. 2
    treat with excessive indulgence wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From molly + coddle.

Etymology 2

From molly + coddle.

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