hothoused

hot·house

(hŏt′hous′)

1. A heated greenhouse for plants that require an even, relatively warm temperature.

2. An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development; a hotbed: "With its mix of African, Latin, European, and pan-American influences, the Caribbean is truly a musical hothouse" (New Yorker).

adj.

1. Grown in a hothouse: a hothouse orchid.

2. Delicate and sensitive, as if from being grown in a hothouse.

tr.v. hot·housed, hot·hous·ing, hot·hous·es

To cultivate in a hothouse.

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hothoused

(ˈhɒtˌhaʊzd)

adj

(Education) education (of a child) having undergone hothousing

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In America, they take this to what some might say were extremes, with children hothoused and groomed for spelling stardom with the annual national Spelling Bee competition.