cosset

[ kos-it ]
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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.

Origin of cosset

1
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

Other words from cosset

  • un·cos·set·ed, adjective

Words Nearby cosset

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How to use cosset in a sentence

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

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

    Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
  • That colt went off as ferce as a wild-cat, and come back as quiet as a cosset lamb.

    A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • And you will cosset him in them—to save his hoggish dignity487 and buttress up his heavy pride.

    The Fifth Queen Crowned | Ford Madox Ford
  • 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.

    A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for cosset

cosset

/ (ˈkɒsɪt) /


verb-sets, -seting or -seted (tr)
  1. to pamper; coddle; pet

noun
  1. any pet animal, esp a lamb

Origin of cosset

1
C16: of unknown origin

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