Associations to the word «Mollycoddle»

Verb

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Wiktionary

MOLLYCODDLE, noun. (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
MOLLYCODDLE, verb. (transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.

Dictionary definition

MOLLYCODDLE, noun. A pampered darling; an effeminate man.
MOLLYCODDLE, verb. Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King