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coddle
English
Etymology
Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?d?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Verb
coddle (third-person singular simple present coddles, present participle coddling, simple past and past participle coddled)
- (transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
- 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, chapter 10 “Ethel and her Relations” (ebook):
- How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of sentinels, sermoners, old aunts, old women from the world without, and have nevertheless escaped from all these guardians, and astonished the world by their extravagance and their frolics?
- 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, chapter 10 “Ethel and her Relations” (ebook):
- (transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
- 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World, volume 1, page 222 of 1699 edition:
- It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies.
- 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World, volume 1, page 222 of 1699 edition:
- (transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
Synonyms
- (treat gently): cosset, pamper, posset, spoil; see also Thesaurus:pamper
- (cook slowly): simmer
Derived terms
- coddled egg
- mollycoddle
Related terms
- scald
Translations
Noun
coddle (plural coddles)
- An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
- (archaic) An effeminate person.
Anagrams
- codled
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kiss
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?s, IPA(key): /k?s/, [k??s]
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-Germanic *kussijan? (“to kiss”), cognates include Danish kysse, Dutch kussen, German küssen, Icelandic kyssa,Norwegian kysseand Swedish kyssa. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kus (probably imitative), with cognates including Ancient Greek ????? (kúss?), poetic form of ???? (kús?, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).
Verb
kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)
- (transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
- 1870, Alfred Tennyson, The Window
- Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.
- 1870, Alfred Tennyson, The Window
- (intransitive) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
- (transitive, archaic) To treat with fondness.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:kiss
Derived terms
- bekiss
- kissing
- kissle
- kissy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
Noun
kiss (plural kisses)
- A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
- An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
- A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
- (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth, conjunction.
Synonyms
- (touch with the lips): See Thesaurus:buss
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- x
- xo
- xoxo
- xoxoxo
- xxx
Anagrams
- KSIs, Sisk, skis
Middle English
Verb
kiss
- Alternative form of kissen
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?s/
Etymology
Partly imitative, partly an euphemism for piss (see pissa (“to pee”)).
Noun
kiss n (uncountable)
- pee, wee, tinkle, urine
Declension
Anagrams
- siks
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