coddle.
To treat gently or with great care.
Meaning & usage
To treat gently or with great care.
To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
a coddled egg
To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
Where this word comes from
Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
An effeminate person.
Where this word comes from
Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
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