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Noun: mollycoddle  'mó-lee`kó-d(u)l
  1. A pampered darling; an effeminate man
Verb: mollycoddle  'mó-lee`kó-d(u)l
  1. Treat with excessive indulgence
    "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
    - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, spoil, indulge

Derived forms: mollycoddled, mollycoddling, mollycoddles

See also: mollycoddler

Type of: darling, dearie [Brit], deary, do by, duckie, ducky, favorite [US], favourite [Brit, Cdn], handle, pet, treat

Nearest

Mollusca
molluscan
molluscum
molluscum contagiosum
mollusk
mollusk family
mollusk genus
molly
Molly Miller
Molly Pitcher
mollycoddle
mollycoddler
mollymawk
Molnar
Moloch
moloch
Moloch horridus
Molokai
Molokai Island
Molossidae
Molothrus