mollycoddledadj.
/ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdld/, U.S. /ˈmɑliˌkɑd(ə)ld/ Pampered; overprotected, overindulged.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective] > indulging or pampering > nursed to excess or cockered
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mollycoddled1877
1877 Blyth Weekly News 28 Apr. Of all the enslaved molly-coddled men that deserve to be kicked and then buried like a felo de se, they are the men who can stand still and mute in the face of the Burials Bill.
1979 Economist 22 Sept. 90/1 South Africa's traditionally molly-coddled industries (eg, textiles, chemicals) are characterised by inefficient management, chronically underutilised capacity and overinvestment in crowded markets.
1985 P. Angadi Governess (1986) i. 10 Are my sons to grow up to be mollycoddled mother's darlings?
2002 M. W. Finkelstein Canoeing Continent (2005) ii. 12 The uncertainties that Mackenzie faced would seem overwhelmingly daunting to us mollycoddled modern explorers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1877- paddle boat
- paddle brush
- paddle crab
- paddle one's own canoe
- paddle out
- paddle punt
- paddle shaft
- paddle steamer
- paddle stroke
- paddle tennis
- paddle tool
- paddle tug
- paddle wheel
- paddle wheel aeroplane
- paddle wheel aircraft
- paddle-beam
- paddle-board
- paddle-box
- paddle-box boat
- paddle-cock
- paddle-crank
- paddle-dip
- paddle-end
- paddle-foot
- paddle-hole