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Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
coddle
Today it means: To treat gently or with great care. Full definition →
Today it means: To treat gently or with great care. Full definition →
Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.