coddle
verb/ˈkɒd.əl/UK/ˈkɑ.dəl/US/ˈkɔd.əl/
Etymology
Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
Definitions
To treat gently or with great care.
To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
- a coddled egg
- It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies.
To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
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An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with…
An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
An effeminate person.
The neighborhood
Derived
coddled egg, coddler, coddlesome, coddlingly, mollycoddle, overcoddle
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA