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   cosset

   /ˈkɒsɪt/

   verb

   • 1. care for and protect in an overindulgent way: "all her life she'd been cosseted by her family"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a noun denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child): probably from Anglo-Norman French coscet ‘cottager’, from Old English cotsǣta ‘cottar’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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