douillet

French

Etymology

From Old French douille +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.jɛ/

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Adjective

douillet (feminine douillette, masculine plural douillets, feminine plural douillettes)

1. cosy, comfy, snug
2. (colloquial, derogatory) soft, oversensitive to pain

Further reading

• “douillet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.