hothoused


hot·house

H0292100 (hŏt′hous′)n.1. A heated greenhouse for plants that require an even, relatively warm temperature.2. An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development; a hotbed: "With its mix of African, Latin, European, and pan-American influences, the Caribbean is truly a musical hothouse" (New Yorker).adj.1. Grown in a hothouse: a hothouse orchid.2. Delicate and sensitive, as if from being grown in a hothouse.tr.v. hot·housed, hot·hous·ing, hot·hous·es To cultivate in a hothouse.

hothoused

(ˈhɒtˌhaʊzd) adj (Education) education (of a child) having undergone hothousing