† moll-coddlen.adj.

Forms: 1800s moll caudle, 1800s moll-coddle.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: moll n.², proper name Moll , coddle n.¹

Etymology: < moll n.² or its etymon Moll, pet form of the female forename Mary + coddle n.¹ (although that is first attested slightly later). Compare slightly later mollycoddle n., and discussion at that entry of use of Molly Coddle as a mocking nickname already in the 18th century.With the form moll caudle in quot. 1833 at sense B. compare caudle n., and see discussion at coddle v.²

Obsolete. rare.

A. n.

A mollycoddle, a milksop.

ΚΠ

1814 Museum Criticum I. 127 Μαμμάκυθος, cui synonyma fuere μαμμόθρεπτος et τηθαλλαδοῦς, quod a nobis Anglis elegantiore dialecto diceretur a moll-coddle.

1860 M. Molesworth Great Exper. I. 245 The Admiral..kept up a dropping fire of sarcasm against moll-coddles, coxcombs, et hoc genus omne.

B. adj.

= mollycoddle adj.

ΚΠ

1833 C. J. Napier Colonies 209 A ‘moll caudle’ spirit that reigned supreme through all the acts of this government.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	moll-coddle
释义	† moll-coddlen.adj. Forms: 1800s moll caudle, 1800s moll-coddle. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: moll n.², proper name Moll , coddle n.¹ Etymology: < moll n.² or its etymon Moll, pet form of the female forename Mary + coddle n.¹ (although that is first attested slightly later). Compare slightly later mollycoddle n., and discussion at that entry of use of Molly Coddle as a mocking nickname already in the 18th century.With the form moll caudle in quot. 1833 at sense B. compare caudle n., and see discussion at coddle v.² Obsolete. rare. A. n. A mollycoddle, a milksop. ΚΠ 1814 Museum Criticum I. 127 Μαμμάκυθος, cui synonyma fuere μαμμόθρεπτος et τηθαλλαδοῦς, quod a nobis Anglis elegantiore dialecto diceretur a moll-coddle. 1860 M. Molesworth Great Exper. I. 245 The Admiral..kept up a dropping fire of sarcasm against moll-coddles, coxcombs, et hoc genus omne. B. adj. = mollycoddle adj. ΚΠ 1833 C. J. Napier Colonies 209 A ‘moll caudle’ spirit that reigned supreme through all the acts of this government. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1814
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