cosseted
adj1
Pampered.
- a cosseted childhood
- When the Parisian-born George Steiner went to Chicago University after the second world war, he found himself sharing a room with an ex-paratrooper, who stared in disbelief at "a creature so obviously cosseted, sheltered, formally decked out, book-laden, as I was", Steiner recalled.2001 March 17, Maya Jaggi, “George and his dragons”, in The Guardian:
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- Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.2014 March 6, Nicola Woolcock, “Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.”, in The Times:
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon […]is sitting sagely in a restaurant that resembles a mountain chalet yet is located in the cosseted 7th arrondissement of Paris.2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- Derived terms
- overcosseted, uncosseted
- Related terms
- cosseting