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Definition of mollycoddle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mollycoddle

verb

NAmE//ˈmɑliˌkɑdl//

mollycoddle somebody (disapproving) (becoming old-fashioned)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mollycoddle

he / she / it mollycoddles

past simple mollycoddled

-ing form mollycoddling

to protect someone too much and make their life too comfortable and safe She was mollycoddled as a child. compare coddle

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