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   coddle

   /ˈkɒdl/

   verb

   • 1. treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way: "I was coddled and cosseted"
   • 2. cook (an egg) in water below boiling point: "you may have your eggs scrambled, poached, coddled, or boiled"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘boil (fruit) gently’): origin uncertain; coddle1 (sense 1) is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel’, based on Latin caldum ‘hot drink’, from calidus ‘warm’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. coddler noun

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