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Meaning of Mollycoddle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈmɒl.ɪˌkɒd.əl

Definitions

A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.

archaic

Equivalents

العربية المدلّل
Български глезя
Čeština mazánek rozmazlovat
Deutsch Verhätscheln
Ελληνικά κανακεύω παραχαϊδεμένος παραχαϊδεύω
Suomi mammanpoika
Français couver materner
Gaeilge peata mamaí
Magyar elkényeztet kényeztet
Italiano Beniamino cocco coccolo prediletto preferito
Nederlands bemoederen moederskindje pamperen vertroetelen wekeling
Polski rozpieścić rozpieszczać
Русский баловать
Türkçe hanım evlâdı muhallebi çocuğu

Examples

“You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.”
“No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Mollycoddled Mollycoddler Mollycoddles Mollycoddling mollycot mollydooker

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