overcoddle
verbEtymology From over- + coddle.
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To coddle too much; to treat with too much care.
- If we're anxious adults, it's probably not because we were overcoddled as toddlers, but that a particular gene on chromosome 17 — one that regulates serotonin transmission — is quite different from the one found in folks who are preternaturally laid-back.2007, Bruce Grierson, U-Turn: