/ ˈkɒsɪt; NAmE ˈkɑːs-/ verb
[ vn ] (often disapproving ) to treat sb with a lot of care and give them a lot of attention, sometimes too much
SYN pamper
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child): probably from Anglo-Norman French coscet cottager, from Old English cotsǣta cottar (a farm labourer occupying a cottage in return for labour).