Overcoddle
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To coddle too much; to treat with too much care. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From over- + coddle.
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