cosset

[ kos-it ]

verb (used with object)

1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.

noun

1. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
2. any pet.

cosset

/ ˈkɒsɪt /

verb

1. to pamper; coddle; pet

noun

1. any pet animal, esp a lamb

Other Words From

• un·cosset·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosset¹

First recorded in 1570–80; Middle English; derivative verb use of the noun cosset “a lamb raised as a pet”; of uncertain etymology, but possibly Middle English cot-sēte “cottage dweller, cottager,” from Old English cot- sǣta

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosset¹

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Late in the day, on Tuesday the twenty-sixth, Cosset and his band made their appearance.

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Her task should be this,—to feed and cosset him if possible into good humour before her guest should arrive.

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That colt went off as ferce as a wild-cat, and come back as quiet as a cosset lamb.

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And you will cosset him in them—to save his hoggish dignity487 and buttress up his heavy pride.

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Aunt Hetty's blanket had been made from the wool of an especial cosset lamb that had lost its mother and been brought up by hand.

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