- coscet
- cos·cet
English syllables. 2014.
coscet
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coscet — ˈkäsə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: probably alteration of Old English cotsæta cottager, from cot cottage + sæta resident (from the stem of sittan to sit) more at cot, sit : a class of medieval English peasant landholders see cotter I 2 … Useful english dictionary
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cosset — verb (cossets, cosseting, cosseted) care for and protect in an overindulgent way. Origin C16 (asnoun denoting a lamb brought up by hand, later a spoiled child): prob. from Anglo Norman Fr. coscet cottager , from OE cotsta cottar … English new terms dictionary
cosset — [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and *sǣt , an element related to the verb sit. This disappeared from the language after the Old … Word origins
cosset — v.tr. (cosseted, cosseting) pamper. Etymology: dial. cosset = pet lamb, prob. f. AF coscet, cozet f. OE cotsaeligta cottager (as COT(2), SIT) … Useful english dictionary
