cosseted

English

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Adjective

cosseted (comparative more cosseted, superlative most cosseted)

  1. Pampered.
    Synonyms: spoiled, coddled
    a cosseted childhood
    • 2001 March 17, Maya Jaggi, “George and his dragons”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      When the Parisian-born George Steiner went to Chicago University after the second world war, he found himself sharing a room with an ex-paratrooper, who stared in disbelief at "a creature so obviously cosseted, sheltered, formally decked out, book-laden, as I was", Steiner recalled.
    • 2014 March 6, Nicola Woolcock, “Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.”, in The Times‎[2]:
      Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.
    • 2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
      Jean-Luc Mélenchon […] is sitting sagely in a restaurant that resembles a mountain chalet yet is located in the cosseted 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Usage notes

The adjective cosseted is frequently written with two T’s: cossetted.

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Verb

cosseted

  1. simple past and past participle of cosset

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