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cosset¹

  • /ˈkɒsɪt/ UK
  • /ˈkɑsɪt/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈkɒsɪt/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ˈkɔsɪt/ Australia
  • /ˈkɒsət/ New Zealand
  • [ˈkɔ̟sət] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒsɪt

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Middle English cotsete, from Old English cotsǣta (“cottager”), from cot (“cottage”) (Modern English cot (“cottage”) (archaic)) + -sǣta (“-sitter”); compare coscet. Compare German Hauslamm (literally “house lamb”), Italian casiccio.

verb cossets · cosseting · cossetting · cosseted · cossetted

  1. transitive To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. The car cossets its occupants in comfort.
  2. transitive To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly. The foam cossets your skin.
  3. figuratively, transitive To benefit; to make life easy for. An independent oversight body is just setting up, but at full strength it will have a core team of just five. This is a state of affairs that cossets and enriches bailiffs at the expense of families who’ve fallen into debt.

Similar: posset, pet

noun cossets

  1. A pet, usually a pet lamb.
  2. Someone indulged or cosseted.

cosset²

noun cossets

  1. alternative Alternative form of cossid (“courier or messenger”).cossid

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