What does cosseting mean?

cosseting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.06 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of cosset

noun

"It was decided that she should go for a week or two to Rose Lodge to regain her strength, and submit to the welcome cossetings of her mother and grandmother."
"As Guy de Jonquières has noted, Singapore’s success owes more to the fact that it is a “meticulously planned economy” with “handholding and cosseting” of overseas investors by “powerful, eager to please bureaucrats”."

cossetings (plural)

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