mollycoddle
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Is mollycoddle a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of mollycoddle?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.Examples: "You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women."; "No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it."archaic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.Examples: "Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer."; "Rich countries also need more competition in traditionally mollycoddled sectors such as education."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary