cosseted


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cos·set

 (kŏs′ĭt)
tr.v. cos·set·ed, cos·set·ing, cos·sets
To pamper.
n.
A pet, especially a pet lamb.

[Possibly from Anglo-Norman coscet, pet lamb, from Middle English cotsete, cottage-dweller, from Old English cotsǣta : cot, cottage + -sǣta, -sǣte, inhabitant; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
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cosseted

(ˈkɒsɪtɪd) or

cossetted

adj
pampered; spoilt
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