Coddle Definition

kŏdl

coddled, coddles, coddling

verb

coddled, coddles, coddling

To cook (esp. eggs in the shell) gently by heating in water not quite at boiling temperature.

Webster's New World

To treat (someone) with more care or concern than is required or regarded as appropriate; be overindulgent toward; cosset; pamper.

Webster's New World

To treat indulgently; baby.

American Heritage

To treat gently or with great care.

Wiktionary

To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

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noun

An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.

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Origin of Coddle

Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.

From Wiktionary
Possibly alteration of caudle

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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