- cosset-lamb
- colta cade lamb or colt brought up by hand. Norf. and SufF.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. Francis Grose. 1790.
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Cosset — Cos set (k?s s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cosset — [käs′it] n. [< ? OE cot sæta, cot dweller; similar in sense to It casiccio (< casa, house), pet lamb] a pet lamb or any small pet vt. to make a pet of; fondle; pamper … English World dictionary
cosset — 1650s, to fondle, caress, indulge, from a noun (1570s) meaning lamb brought up as a pet (applied to persons from 1590s), perhaps from O.E. cot sæta one who dwells in a cot. Related: Coseted; coseting. Cf. Ger. Hauslamm, It. casiccio … Etymology dictionary
cosset — ► VERB (cosseted, cosseting) ▪ care for and protect in an overindulgent way. ORIGIN orginally denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child: probably from Old English, cottar … English terms dictionary
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … Word origins
cosset — v.tr. (cosseted, cosseting) pamper. Etymology: dial. cosset = pet lamb, prob. f. AF coscet, cozet f. OE cotsaeligta cottager (as COT(2), SIT) … Useful english dictionary
cosset — /kos it/, v.t. 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. n. 2. a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb. 3. any pet. [1570 80; akin to OE cossetung kissing, verbal n. based on *cossettan to kiss, deriv. of coss KISS] * * * … Universalium
cosset — I. n. Pet lamb, hand reared lamb; pet (of any kind). II. v. a. Fondle, caress, pet, coddle, make a pet of, make much of … New dictionary of synonyms
lamb — n 1. lambkin, cosset, ewe lamb, yearling, weanling. 2. innocent, ingdnue, unsophisticate, simple soul, dove; infant, babe, newborn babe, babe in the woods, child, mere child. 3. dupe, gull, gudgeon, Brit. Dial. cull, Archaic. cully, Inf. chump,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
