Monday, February 28, 2011


Word of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2011
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cofsset \KOSS-it\, verb:
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1. To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper.
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noun:
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1. A pet, especially a pet lamb.
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The B.O. has, not surprisingly, cosseted the unions from day one; after all, they were the driving force for his getting elected; so it is no surprise that he is encouraging the Wisconsin unions in their local insurrection!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Sumner's parents, for instance, were routinely attended by butlers, maids, coachmen and grooms while little Sumner and his sister, Emily, were pampered and cosseted from infancy by nurserymaids and governesses.-- Benjamin Welles, Sumner Welles: FDR's Global Strategist
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Assunta played a larger role in the lives of her children, whom she cosseted and cared for as best she could.-- Patricia Albers, Shadows, Fire, Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti
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In these two years, Adolf lived a life of parasitic idleness -- funded, provided for, looked after, and cosseted by a doting mother, with his own room in the comfortable flat in the Humboldtstrasse in Linz, which the family had moved into in June 1905.-- Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris
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Cosset comes from the noun cosset, "a pet lamb."

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