mollycoddle
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mollycoddles, 3rd person singular present; mollycoddled, past participle; mollycoddling, present participle; mollycoddled, past tense;
/ˈmälēˌkädl/,
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mollycoddles, 3rd person singular present; mollycoddled, past participle; mollycoddling, present participle; mollycoddled, past tense;
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Treat (someone) very indulgently or protectively
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An effeminate or ineffectual man or boy; a milksop
Web Definitions:
- a pampered darling; an effeminate man
- pamper: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
- The Mollycoddle is a 1920 film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming.
- A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected; To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper
- (Mollycoddling) Treat (someone) very indulgently or protectively.
- pamper; fuss over; over-indulge, spoil (someone).
- To treat too leniently.