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cod⋅dle
[kod-l] 
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–verb (used with object), -dled, -dling.
| 1. | to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: to coddle children when they're sick. |
| 2. | to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently. |
Related forms:
coddler, noun
Synonyms:
1. indulge, baby, humor, spoil.
1. indulge, baby, humor, spoil.
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| cod·dle (kŏd'l) tr.v. cod·dled, cod·dling, cod·dles
[Possibly alteration of caudle.] cod'dler n. |
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Coddle
Cod"dle\ (k[o^]d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dl[i^]ng).] [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.]1. To parboil, or soften by boiling. It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. --Dampier. 2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper. How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! --Thackeray. He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. --Southey.
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Language Translation for : coddle
Spanish:
mimar,
German:
verhätscheln,
Japanese:
甘やかす
coddle
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" (see calorie). Verb meaning "treat tenderly" first recorded 1815 (in Jane Austen's "Emma").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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