"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." ~ Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

coddle
Pronunciation: 'kä-d&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): cod·dled; cod·dling/'käd-li[ng], 'kä-d&l-i[ng]/
Etymology: perhaps from caudle
1 : to cook (as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
2 : to treat with extreme care : PAMPER
cod·dler 'käd-l&r, 'kä-d&l-&r/ noun