mollycoddlen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑliˌkɑd(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s Molly Coddle, 1800s– molly-coddle, 1800s– mollycoddle; English regional 1800s– mollicoddle (Yorkshire), 1800s– molly-caudle (south-western), 1800s– molly-cuddle (London), 1900s– mally-caudle (Cornwall).

Origin: Either (i) from a proper name. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: proper name Molly Coddle ; molly n.¹, coddle n.¹

Etymology: Either < the nickname Molly Coddle (see below) or < molly n.¹ + coddle n.¹ Compare earlier moll-coddle adj. and slightly later mollycot n.By the late 18th century Molly Coddle was in use as a mocking nickname for men who engaged in activity typically associated with women, as in the following:1776 St. James's Chron. 4–6 Apr. Tom..has gone through all the manly Offices of the Nursery..till he is universally known and ridiculed by the Names of the Nurse, the old Woman, or Molly Coddle, all round the Neighbourhood.With forms molly-caudle , mally-caudle compare caudle n., and see discussion s.v. coddle v.²

A. n.

A person, usually male, who is mollycoddled; a pampered or effeminate man or boy; a milksop. Also (English regional): = mollycot n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man

badlingeOE

milksopc1390

cockneyc1405

malkina1425

molla1425

weakling1526

tenderling1541

softling1543

niceling1549

woman-man1567

cocknel1570

effeminate1583

androgyne1587

meacock1590

mammaday1593

hermaphrodite1594

midwife1596

nimfadoro1600

night-sneaker1611

mock-mana1625

nan1670

she-man1675

petit maître1711

old woman1717

master-miss1754

Miss Molly1754

molly1785

squaw1805

mollycoddle1823

Miss Nancy1824

mollycot1826

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

ladyboy1857

girl1862

Mary Ann1868

sissy1879

milk1881

pretty-boy1881

nancy1888

poofter1889

Nancy Dawson1890

softie1895

puff1902

pussy1904

Lizzie1905

nance1910

quean1910

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

lily1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

queerie1933

palone1934

queenie1935

girlie-man1940

swish1941

puss1942

wonk1945

mother1947

candy-ass1953

twink1953

cream puff1958

pronk1959

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

pansy-ass1963

weeny1963

poofteroo1966

mo1968

shim1973

twinkie1977

woofter1977

cake boy1992

hermaphrodite-

1823 I. Hoole Hearts versus Hands III. ii. 41 Think of me in a carriage!..I believe you want to make me quite a molly-coddle.

1830 Q. Rev. Mar. 361 The tea-dealer is, was, and ever will be, what the schoolboys call a Molly Coddle.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 148/1 Jane tells me her husband scrubs all the house for her; what a mollycoddle she has made of the man, to be sure.

1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life vii. 194 Fiery old gentlemen write..to say that in their young days boys were boys and not molly-coddles.

1990 Raritan Winter 121 He aligned himself with..the same political types he had castigated for almost thirty years as mollycoddles, pussy-footers..and ‘nice little men’.

B. adj.

Characteristic of a mollycoddle; pampered, cosseted, ineffectual; effeminate. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1830 W. Watts Yahoo 124 For great long-legged, brawny-backed lubbers to affect such molly-coddle, contemptible effeminacy, is most disgraceful!

1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree I. 24 This desperately molly-coddle age.

1940 Marshall (Michigan) Evening Chron. 16 Dec. Too bad he didn't go down with his father, the last he-man of the line. Takes his molly-coddle ways from his mother!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

mollycoddlev.

Brit.

/ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑliˌkɑd(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s moddle-coddle, 1800s moddley-coddley, 1800s mollicoddle, 1800s molly coddle, 1800s– molly-caudle (English regional (south-western)), 1800s– molly-coddle, 1800s– mollycoddle.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mollycoddle n.

Etymology: < mollycoddle n. Compare earlier mollycoddling adj.Compare coddle v.² With the form molly-caudle compare caudle v.¹

†1. intransitive. To behave like a mollycoddle; to indulge or cosset oneself. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley I. xi. 241 I call it quite undelicate like—always muddling and molly-coddling in a lady's dressing-room!

1877 C. E. Cameron Juliet's Guardian I. iii. 74 No wonder you're not strong—always molly-coddling over the fire with a book, and never clearing your brains out with a good gallop across country.

2. transitive. To coddle or pamper (a person); to treat in an overindulgent or excessively protective way. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > excessively

baby1744

mollycoddle1851

wet-nurse1873

overprotectc1885

nursery-maid1899

nursemaid1921

nanny1954

nannify1962

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper

daunt1303

cocker1440

cherisha1450

pomper1483

daut?a1513

to cocker up1530

pamper1530

pimper1537

tiddle1560

cockle1570

dandlea1577

cotchel1578

cockney1582

fondle1582

coax1589

to coax up1592

to flatter up1598

dainty1622

pet1629

cosset1659

caudle1662

faddle1688

pettle1719

coddle1786

sugar-plum1788

twattle1790

to make a fuss of or over (with)1814

mud1814

pamperizea1845

mollycoddle1851

pompey1860

cosher1861

pussy1889

molly1907

1851 E. J. May Louis' School Days xi. 153 This comes of molly-coddling that boy at home;—you'll make a methodist of him.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood ii. 6 Don't moddley-coddley, there's a good fellow. I like anything better than being moddley-coddleyed.

1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf III. vii. 227 Look here, mother dear: I'm as well as ever I was, and I'm not going to be mollicoddled any more.

1938 Z. Grey Raiders Spanish Peaks vi. 111 Stop mollycoddling me!

1951 Sunday Pict. 21 Jan. 10/3 That's what comes of mollycoddling the workers.

1990 Business Queensland (Brisbane) 20 Aug. 11/1 We take an old-fashioned approach and molly-coddle our customers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mollycoddle
释义	mollycoddlen.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdl/, U.S. /ˈmɑliˌkɑd(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s Molly Coddle, 1800s– molly-coddle, 1800s– mollycoddle; English regional 1800s– mollicoddle (Yorkshire), 1800s– molly-caudle (south-western), 1800s– molly-cuddle (London), 1900s– mally-caudle (Cornwall). Origin: Either (i) from a proper name. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: proper name Molly Coddle ; molly n.¹, coddle n.¹ Etymology: Either < the nickname Molly Coddle (see below) or < molly n.¹ + coddle n.¹ Compare earlier moll-coddle adj. and slightly later mollycot n.By the late 18th century Molly Coddle was in use as a mocking nickname for men who engaged in activity typically associated with women, as in the following:1776 St. James's Chron. 4–6 Apr. Tom..has gone through all the manly Offices of the Nursery..till he is universally known and ridiculed by the Names of the Nurse, the old Woman, or Molly Coddle, all round the Neighbourhood.With forms molly-caudle , mally-caudle compare caudle n., and see discussion s.v. coddle v.² A. n. A person, usually male, who is mollycoddled; a pampered or effeminate man or boy; a milksop. Also (English regional): = mollycot n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man badlingeOE milksopc1390 cockneyc1405 malkina1425 molla1425 weakling1526 tenderling1541 softling1543 niceling1549 woman-man1567 cocknel1570 effeminate1583 androgyne1587 meacock1590 mammaday1593 hermaphrodite1594 midwife1596 nimfadoro1600 night-sneaker1611 mock-mana1625 nan1670 she-man1675 petit maître1711 old woman1717 master-miss1754 Miss Molly1754 molly1785 squaw1805 mollycoddle1823 Miss Nancy1824 mollycot1826 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 ladyboy1857 girl1862 Mary Ann1868 sissy1879 milk1881 pretty-boy1881 nancy1888 poofter1889 Nancy Dawson1890 softie1895 puff1902 pussy1904 Lizzie1905 nance1910 quean1910 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 lily1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 queerie1933 palone1934 queenie1935 girlie-man1940 swish1941 puss1942 wonk1945 mother1947 candy-ass1953 twink1953 cream puff1958 pronk1959 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 pansy-ass1963 weeny1963 poofteroo1966 mo1968 shim1973 twinkie1977 woofter1977 cake boy1992 hermaphrodite- 1823 I. Hoole Hearts versus Hands III. ii. 41 Think of me in a carriage!..I believe you want to make me quite a molly-coddle. 1830 Q. Rev. Mar. 361 The tea-dealer is, was, and ever will be, what the schoolboys call a Molly Coddle. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 148/1 Jane tells me her husband scrubs all the house for her; what a mollycoddle she has made of the man, to be sure. 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life vii. 194 Fiery old gentlemen write..to say that in their young days boys were boys and not molly-coddles. 1990 Raritan Winter 121 He aligned himself with..the same political types he had castigated for almost thirty years as mollycoddles, pussy-footers..and ‘nice little men’. B. adj. Characteristic of a mollycoddle; pampered, cosseted, ineffectual; effeminate. Now rare. ΚΠ 1830 W. Watts Yahoo 124 For great long-legged, brawny-backed lubbers to affect such molly-coddle, contemptible effeminacy, is most disgraceful! 1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree I. 24 This desperately molly-coddle age. 1940 Marshall (Michigan) Evening Chron. 16 Dec. Too bad he didn't go down with his father, the last he-man of the line. Takes his molly-coddle ways from his mother! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mollycoddlev. Brit. /ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdl/, U.S. /ˈmɑliˌkɑd(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s moddle-coddle, 1800s moddley-coddley, 1800s mollicoddle, 1800s molly coddle, 1800s– molly-caudle (English regional (south-western)), 1800s– molly-coddle, 1800s– mollycoddle. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mollycoddle n. Etymology: < mollycoddle n. Compare earlier mollycoddling adj.Compare coddle v.² With the form molly-caudle compare caudle v.¹ †1. intransitive. To behave like a mollycoddle; to indulge or cosset oneself. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley I. xi. 241 I call it quite undelicate like—always muddling and molly-coddling in a lady's dressing-room! 1877 C. E. Cameron Juliet's Guardian I. iii. 74 No wonder you're not strong—always molly-coddling over the fire with a book, and never clearing your brains out with a good gallop across country. 2. transitive. To coddle or pamper (a person); to treat in an overindulgent or excessively protective way. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > excessively baby1744 mollycoddle1851 wet-nurse1873 overprotectc1885 nursery-maid1899 nursemaid1921 nanny1954 nannify1962 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 1851 E. J. May Louis' School Days xi. 153 This comes of molly-coddling that boy at home;—you'll make a methodist of him. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood ii. 6 Don't moddley-coddley, there's a good fellow. I like anything better than being moddley-coddleyed. 1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf III. vii. 227 Look here, mother dear: I'm as well as ever I was, and I'm not going to be mollicoddled any more. 1938 Z. Grey Raiders Spanish Peaks vi. 111 Stop mollycoddling me! 1951 Sunday Pict. 21 Jan. 10/3 That's what comes of mollycoddling the workers. 1990 Business Queensland (Brisbane) 20 Aug. 11/1 We take an old-fashioned approach and molly-coddle our customers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1823v.1839
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