intransitive verb. To be overprotective and indulgent toward. synonym: pamper.

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

noun. One who lacks resolution, energy, or hardihood; an effeminate man: used in derision or contempt.

noun. a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop.

transitive verb. To pamper or coddle.

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

verb. To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.

noun. a pampered darling; an effeminate man

verb. treat with excessive indulgence

""Why, sir," said Jupp, scratching his head reflectively -- he had left his cap under the elm-tree on top of the hill, where he had taken it off when he set about building the fire for the kettle -- "a mollycoddle is a sort of chap as always wraps hisself up keerfully for fear the wind should blow upon him and hurt his complexion.""

darling  dearie  deary  do by  ducky  

27-6  42-day  83-18  alter-ego  beseeching  

Lord Fauntleroy  Milquetoast  Percy  baby  bay  

mollycoddled  mollycoddles  mollycoddling