Coddle Definition

kŏdl
coddled, coddles, coddling
verb
coddled, coddles, coddling
To cook (esp. eggs in the shell) gently by heating in water not quite at boiling temperature.
Webster's New World
To treat (someone) with more care or concern than is required or regarded as appropriate; be overindulgent toward; cosset; pamper.
Webster's New World
To treat indulgently; baby.
American Heritage

To treat gently or with great care.

Wiktionary

To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

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noun

An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.

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Origin of Coddle

  • Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.

    From Wiktionary

  • Possibly alteration of caudle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Coddle Sentence Examples

  • You can watch the birds cozy up with their eggs or coddle their newly hatched chicks.

  • To molly coddle someone or some pet is to really fuss over them; to over indulge them.

  • Winemakers must coddle and care for the grape in hopes that the wine it produces will be among the best.

  • Luangpor looked after us but he did n't coddle us, and as much as possible left us to find out for ourselves.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOD

Words Ending With

ELEDLE

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coddle

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With LE

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With E