spoon-feed

[spoon-feed, -feed]

verb (used with object)

spoon-fed, spoon-feeding 

1. to cause to be spoon-fed.

spoon-feed

verb

1. to feed with a spoon

2. to overindulge or spoil

3. to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him of original thought or action

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoon-feed¹

First recorded in 1605–15