"overcoddle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overcoddles [present, singular, third-person], overcoddling [participle, present], overcoddled [participle, past], overcoddled [past]
Etymology: From over- + coddle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|coddle|pos=verb}} over- + coddle Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcoddle (third-person singular simple present overcoddles, present participle overcoddling, simple past and past participle overcoddled)
  1. (transitive) To coddle too much; to treat with too much care. Tags: transitive Translations (to coddle too much): agyonkényeztet (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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