- cosset
- I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1579 a pet lamb; broadly pet II. transitive verb Date: 1640 to treat as a pet ; pamper
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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. || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cosset — 1650s, to fondle, caress, indulge, from a noun (1570s) meaning lamb brought up as a pet (applied to persons from 1590s), perhaps from O.E. cot sæta one who dwells in a cot. Related: Coseted; coseting. Cf. Ger. Hauslamm, It. casiccio … Etymology dictionary
cosset — *caress, fondle, pet, cuddle, dandle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cosset — meaning ‘to pamper’, has inflected forms cosseted, cosseting … Modern English usage
cosset — ► VERB (cosseted, cosseting) ▪ care for and protect in an overindulgent way. ORIGIN orginally denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child: probably from Old English, cottar … English terms dictionary
cosset — [käs′it] n. [< ? OE cot sæta, cot dweller; similar in sense to It casiccio (< casa, house), pet lamb] a pet lamb or any small pet vt. to make a pet of; fondle; pamper … English World dictionary
Cosset — François Cosset († 1673) war ein französischer Komponist. Cosset entstammte der Picardie. 1628 wurde er Succentor an der Kathedrale von St. Quentin. Weitere Ämter als Kapellmeister der Kathedralen von Laon, Senlis, Paris, Reims und Amiens folgten … Deutsch Wikipedia
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cosset — UK [ˈkɒsɪt] / US [ˈkɑsət] verb [transitive] Word forms cosset : present tense I/you/we/they cosset he/she/it cossets present participle cosseting past tense cosseted past participle cosseted formal to give someone a lot of care and attention,… … English dictionary
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … Word origins
