cosset

[kos-it]

verb (used with object)

1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.

noun

1. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.

2. any pet.

cosset

/ ˈkɒsɪt /

verb

1. to pamper; coddle; pet

noun

1. any pet animal, esp a lamb

Other Word Forms

• uncosseted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosset¹

First recorded in 1570–80; Middle English; derivative verb use of the noun cosset “a lamb raised as a pet”; of uncertain etymology, but possibly Middle English cot-sēte “cottage dweller, cottager,” from Old English cot- sǣta

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosset¹

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Is there a benefit to being ignored by the industry — you don’t end up cosseted or overly corporate — at least as far as your stand-up goes?

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It’s hard to imagine the last time Trump, who cossets himself with an entourage of fawning sycophants, has been spoken to in that fashion.

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The Supreme Court’s so-called conservative justices have variously been vetted, feted and cosseted by the Federalist Society, along with and other well-heeled enablers, to encourage unstinting partisanship.

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“But I seem to have been cosseted in some way that I couldn’t get to the writers’ room.

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Trump is a hero to many in the South and many Western states because, cossetted New York rich-boy though he may be, Republican voters see him as a rough-and-ready fellow rebel.

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