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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɒl.ɪˌkɒd.əl/ [UK], /ˈmɑl.iˌkɑd.əl/ [US] Audio: en-us-mollycoddle.ogg , en-au-mollycoddle.ogg Forms: mollycoddles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdəl Etymology: From molly + coddle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|molly|coddle}} molly + coddle Head templates: {{en-noun}} mollycoddle (plural mollycoddles)
  1. (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People Translations (person who is pampered and overprotected): τηθαλλαδοῦς (tēthalladoûs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), мамино детенце (mamino detence) (Bulgarian), mazánek [masculine] (Czech), wekeling (Dutch), moederskindje (Dutch), mammanpoika (Finnish), παραχαϊδεμένος (parachaïdeménos) [masculine] (Greek), peata mamaí [masculine] (Irish), cocco [masculine] (Italian), beniamino [masculine] (Italian), coccolo [masculine] (Italian), prediletto [masculine] (Italian), preferito [masculine] (Italian), mamina maza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), maza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), razmaženko [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hanım evladı (Turkish), muhallebi çocuğu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mollycoddle-en-noun-FMBZ0PS6 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 63 37

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɒl.ɪˌkɒd.əl/ [UK], /ˈmɑl.iˌkɑd.əl/ [US] Audio: en-us-mollycoddle.ogg , en-au-mollycoddle.ogg Forms: mollycoddles [present, singular, third-person], mollycoddling [participle, present], mollycoddled [participle, past], mollycoddled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒdəl Etymology: From molly + coddle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|molly|coddle}} molly + coddle Head templates: {{en-verb}} mollycoddle (third-person singular simple present mollycoddles, present participle mollycoddling, simple past and past participle mollycoddled)
  1. (transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper. Tags: transitive Translations: глезя (glezja) (Bulgarian), изнежвам (iznežvam) (Bulgarian), rozmazlovat (Czech), vertroetelen (Dutch), bemoederen (Dutch), pamperen (Dutch), couver (French), materner (French), verhätscheln (German), παραχαϊδεύω (parachaïdévo) (Greek), κανακεύω (kanakévo) (Greek), ajnároz (Hungarian), babusgat (Hungarian), tutujgat (Hungarian), elkényeztet (Hungarian), kényeztet (Hungarian), morimori (Maori), rozpieścić (Polish), rozpieszczać (Polish), балова́ть (balovátʹ) [imperfective, neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mollycoddle-en-verb-lckPiISI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46

Inflected forms

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        "(now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mamino detence",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "word": "мамино детенце"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mazánek"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "word": "wekeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "word": "moederskindje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "word": "mammanpoika"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parachaïdeménos",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παραχαϊδεμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tēthalladoûs",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τηθαλλαδοῦς"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peata mamaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cocco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beniamino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coccolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prediletto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preferito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mamina maza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "razmaženko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "word": "hanım evladı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who is pampered and overprotected",
      "word": "muhallebi çocuğu"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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          "ref": "1904, Sabine Baring-Gould, The White Flag:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "Oct 13th 2012, “Policy prescriptions: A True Progressivism”, in The Economist:",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glezja",
      "word": "глезя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iznežvam",
      "word": "изнежвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "word": "rozmazlovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "word": "vertroetelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "word": "bemoederen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "word": "pamperen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "couver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "materner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "verhätscheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parachaïdévo",
      "word": "παραχαϊδεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kanakévo",
      "word": "κανακεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "ajnároz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "babusgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "tutujgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "elkényeztet"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kényeztet"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "word": "morimori"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "rozpieścić"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "rozpieszczać"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "балова́ть"
    }
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}

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