cosseted
Etymology
adj
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Pampered. a cosseted childhoodWhen 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. 2001-03-17, Maya Jaggi, “George and his dragons”, in The GuardianIndependent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested. 6 March 2014, Nicola Woolcock, “Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.”, in The Times
verb
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simple past and past participle of cosset
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