Definition of "cosseted"

When the Parisian-born George Steiner went to Chicago University after the second world war, he found himself sharing a room with an ex-paratrooper, who stared in disbelief at "a creature so obviously cosseted, sheltered, formally decked out, book-laden, as I was", Steiner recalled.

2001 March 17, Maya Jaggi, “George and his dragons”, in The Guardian‎

Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.

2014 March 6, Nicola Woolcock, “Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.”, in The Times‎