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cosset Definition

cos·set (käs′it)

noun

a pet lamb or any small pet

Etymology: < ? OE cot-sæta, cot dweller; similar in sense to It casiccio (< casa, house), pet lamb

transitive verb

to make a pet of; fondle; pamper

cosset Usage Examples

Object

  • life: It must be wonderful to live a protected cosseted life.
  • environment: Home comforts The Gold Wing showers its rider with technical innovation and practical features creating a cosseted, lavish environment of comfort and serenity.
  • world: Ye brave souls at the JCT; you have put your toes into the exciting cosseted world of the consumer.
  • upbringing: She had a cosseted upbringing and loved her home comforts.
  • sense: I've come to think documentation is undertaken to cosset a sense of self-worth or worse, self-aggrandisement.
  • child: We always thought that he was a bit of a cosseted child.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: Their upper and middle class lives are so cosseted, that they crave that element of risk so lacking in their everyday existence.