Cosset — Cos set, v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. [1913 Webster] She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes. || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cosset — Cos set (k?s s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cosset — 1650s, to fondle, caress, indulge, from a noun (1570s) meaning lamb brought up as a pet (applied to persons from 1590s), perhaps from O.E. cot sæta one who dwells in a cot. Related: Coseted; coseting. Cf. Ger. Hauslamm, It. casiccio … Etymology dictionary
cosset — *caress, fondle, pet, cuddle, dandle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cosset — meaning ‘to pamper’, has inflected forms cosseted, cosseting … Modern English usage
cosset — ► VERB (cosseted, cosseting) ▪ care for and protect in an overindulgent way. ORIGIN orginally denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child: probably from Old English, cottar … English terms dictionary
cosset — [käs′it] n. [< ? OE cot sæta, cot dweller; similar in sense to It casiccio (< casa, house), pet lamb] a pet lamb or any small pet vt. to make a pet of; fondle; pamper … English World dictionary
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cosset — UK [ˈkɒsɪt] / US [ˈkɑsət] verb [transitive] Word forms cosset : present tense I/you/we/they cosset he/she/it cossets present participle cosseting past tense cosseted past participle cosseted formal to give someone a lot of care and attention,… … English dictionary
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … Word origins
