Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cosseted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: cos-set-ed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

verb

simple past and past participle of cosset

Example Sentences

"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."
"Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested."
"Jean-Luc Mélenchon […]is sitting sagely in a restaurant that resembles a mountain chalet yet is located in the cosseted 7th arrondissement of Paris."

Inflected Forms

more cosseted (comparative) most cosseted (superlative) cossetted (alternative)

Derived Forms

overcosseted uncosseted

Frequently Paired Words

cosseting

Synonyms

spoiled coddled

Questions

What does cosseted mean?: Pampered.

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