overcoddle

Etymology

From over- + coddle.

overcoddle means to coddle too much; to treat with too much care. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To 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.”