overcoddle

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verb

To coddle too much; to treat with too much care.

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Meanings

verbovercoddle (third-person singular simple present overcoddles, present participle overcoddling, simple past and past participle overcoddled)

present singular third person overcoddles · participle present overcoddling · participle past overcoddled · past overcoddled

  1. transitiveTo coddle too much; to treat with too much care.

    If we're anxious adults, it's probably not because we were overcoddled as toddlers, but that a particular gene on chromosome 17 — one that regulates serotonin transmission — is quite different from the one found in folks who are preternaturally laid-back.

    2007, Bruce Grierson, U-Turn

Origin

From over- + coddle.

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Translations

Hungarian agyonkényeztet
  • agyonkényeztetto coddle too much
Cite this entry
APA

overcoddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoddle

MLA

“overcoddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoddle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcoddle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoddle.

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