"mollycoddle" in the noun sense
1. mollycoddle
a pampered darling an effeminate man
"mollycoddle" in the verb sense
1. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"
"Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
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