Verb: mollycoddle 'mó-lee,kó-d(u)l
- Treat with excessive indulgence
"Let's not mollycoddle our students!";
- pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker [rare], baby, coddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge, nanny [informal]
- A pampered darling; an effeminate man
"His parents treated him like a mollycoddle, never allowing him to face any challenges"
Derived forms: mollycoddles, mollycoddling, mollycoddled
Type of: acushla [Ireland], darling, dearie [Brit, informal], deary [informal], do by [Brit], duckie [informal], ducky [informal], favorite [US], favourite [Brit, Cdn], handle, honeybun [N. Amer, informal], honeybunch [informal], jo [UK, archaic, dialect], pet, treat