Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - coddle
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(coddles, coddling, coddled) To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much. She coddled her youngest son madly... VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (~d; coddling) Etymology: perhaps from caudle Date: 1598 1. to cook (as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point 2. to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness ; pamper accused the court of coddling criminals • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a treat as an invalid; protect attentively. b (foll. by up) strengthen by feeding. 2 cook (an egg) in water below boiling point. Derivatives coddler n. Etymology: prob. dial. var. of caudle invalids' gruel ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. неженка, баловень 2. ухаживать (как за больным); нянчиться; баловать; изнеживать; холить 3. варить на медленном огне, не давая закипеть (особ. фрукты) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun неженка 2. v. 1) ухаживать (как за больным); кутать; изнеживать 2) баловать Syn: see pamper II v. 1) обваривать кипятком, варить на медленном огне 2) dial. печь (яблоки) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1598, "boil gently," probably from caudle "warm drink for invalids," from Anglo-Fr. caudel (c.1300), ult. from L. calidium "warm drink," neut. of calidus "hot," from calere "be warm." Meaning "treat tenderly" first recorded 1815. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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