mollycoddle

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.

   • You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.
   • No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.
2. 2

   To be overprotective and indulgent toward

   To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.

   • Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer.
   • Rich countries also need more competition in traditionally mollycoddled sectors such as education.

The neighborhood