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mollycoddled

mollycoddled is the simple past and past participle of mollycoddle.

Meaning of mollycoddle

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.
    • 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.1904, Sabine Baring-Gould, The White Flag

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Questions about mollycoddled

What is mollycoddled the simple past and past participle of?
Mollycoddled is the simple past and past participle of mollycoddle.

Words near mollycoddled in the dictionary

  1. molly-mawk
  2. molly-mawks
  3. Mollyan
  4. mollyblobs
  5. mollycoddle
  6. mollycoddled
  7. mollycoddler
  8. mollycoddlers
  9. mollycoddles
  10. mollycoddling
  11. mollycoddlings

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