'Cosset' definitions:

Definition of 'cosset'

(from WordNet)
verb
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]

Definition of 'Cosset'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Cosset'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.