CODDLE, CODDLED
ADJECTIVES
► POMPEYED coddled, pampered, spoiled → 1942 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CADDLE a person who coddles himself; one who is accustomed to be petted → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► CADDLE ► CADEL ► CADLE to coddle, to pet, to fondle, to coax → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CUITER to attend to with kindly assiduity; to minister to; to coddle → 1795 Sc.
► FANT to coddle, to pamper, to make much of → 1840 Eng. dial.
► MARDLE UP to coddle, to nurse; to take pains about → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUSSY to treat a person like a pet cat; to mollycoddle → 1889 obs.
► TOSSION UP to coddle or indulge a child → 1912 Amer. dial.