cosset
pronunciation
How to pronounce cosset in British English:
UK [ˈkɒsɪt]
How to pronounce cosset in American English:
US [ˈkɑsɪt]
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- Verb:
- treat with excessive indulgence
Word Origin
- cosset
- 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 English period, but not before it was adopted into Anglo-Norman as cozet or coscet (forms which appear in Domesday Book).It has been suggested that this is the same word as turns up in local dialects from the 16th century meaning ‘lamb reared by hand, pet lamb’ (that is, a lamb kept by a cottager rather than at liberty with the flock), and further that the notion of pampering a pet lamb gave rise to the verb cosset.
- cosset (v.)
- 1650s, "to fondle, caress, indulge," from a noun (1570s) meaning "lamb brought up as a pet" (applied to persons from 1590s), perhaps from Old English cot-sæta "one who dwells in a cot." Related: Coseted; coseting. Compare German Hauslamm, Italian casiccio.
Example
- 1. Family expenses computer , cross the cosset of the century .
- 2. This sweet musky fragrance is the perfect way to cosset yourself in blissful indulgence .
- 3. Much as I wish to cosset you every single moment of my life , I still have to keep a little space for my own .
- 4. The new cosset that ankle support socks also is this year .
- 5. From " foundling " to " cosset " plant of the 2nd towel develops rich of -- zi on-the-spot record .