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Mollycoddle
mollycoddle
(mollycoddles, mollycoddling, mollycoddled) If you accuse someone of mollycoddling someone else, you are critical of them for doing too many things for the other person and protecting them too much from unpleasant experiences. Christopher accused me of mollycoddling Andrew. VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval
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I. noun Etymology: Molly, nickname for Mary Date: 1833 a pampered or effeminate man or boy II. transitive verb (-coddled; mollycoddling) Date: 1864 to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention Synonyms: see indulge • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. coddle, pamper. --n. an effeminate man or boy; a milksop. Etymology: formed as MOLL + CODDLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. нежить, баловать he likes to be mollycoddled —- он любит, чтобы с ним цацкались ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v to treat someone too kindly (rather a weak young man who had always been mollycoddled as a boy) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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