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mollycoddle(v.)

同时也在 molly-coddle,1839年(隐含于 mollycoddling ),指“过度被宠坏的,过分讲究的,柔弱的男子”,最早见于一个名词(1828年),意为“过于受宠的,讲究的,柔弱的男性”,源于 Mary 中的昵称(来自 Molly ),此词自至少1707年起被贬低地用来指“懦弱的人,柔弱的男人”(见 molly (n.1)) + coddle (q.v.)。相关词汇: Mollycoddled

All his pursuits had been sedentary; for he never went out but with his mother. He was not allowed to stroll about the farm with his father, lest he should get his clothes dirty and his feet wet. In short, he was what Giles Darman pronounced him to be—"a little mollycoddle." ["Babbington Droneham," Hood's Magazine, March 1844]
他所有的追求都是久坐的。因为他从不和他的父亲一起在农场闲逛,以免让自己的衣服弄脏,脚湿。总之,他像吉尔斯·达曼所说的那样,是一个“小胆小鬼”。【《胡德杂志》,1844年3月,巴宾顿·德朗汉姆】

该词起源时间:1839年