mollycoddler
iˌkɒd
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mollycoddle (ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to treat with indulgent care; pamper |
| —n | |
| 2. | a pampered person |
| [C19: from | |
| 'mollycoddler | |
| —n | |
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mollycoddler
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| mollycoddle (ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdəl) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to treat with indulgent care; pamper |
| —n | |
| 2. | a pampered person |
| [C19: from | |
| 'mollycoddler | |
| —n | |
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mollycoddle
1833, originally a noun, "one who coddles himself," from Molly (pet name formation from Mary), used contemptuously from 1754 for "a milksop, an effeminate man" + coddle (q.v.). The verb is 1870, from the noun.
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