pamper

[ pam-per ]

/ ˈpæm pər /

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verb (used with object)

to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.

Archaic. to overfeed, especially with very rich food; glut.

Nearby words

pampa, pampas, pampas grass, pampean, pampeluna, pamper, pampero, pamph., pamphlet, pamphleteer, pamphletize

Origin of pamper

1350–1400; Middle English pamperen < Middle Dutch; compare Dutch dialect pamperen

SYNONYMS FOR pamper

1 humor, coddle, baby, spoil.

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ANTONYMS FOR pamper

1 discipline.

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Related forms

pam·pered·ly, adverbpam·pered·ness, nounpam·per·er, nouno·ver·pam·per, verb (used with object)

self-pam·pered, adjectiveself-pam·per·ing, adjectiveun·pam·pered, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pamper

Will it be some men who wait at home to pamper a wife back from a long day in the salt mines?
‘The Richer Sex’: How Women Became the New Breadwinners|Matthew DeLuca|March 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A subsistence that, if it does not pamper vice, at least places you beyond the necessity of crime, is at your option.
What Will He Do With It, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Thy pride to pamper, thy fair face to show; Dwells there no blemish where such glories shine?
The Columbiad|Joel Barlow
Pamper not thy Body with delicacies and dainties; it may come to pass one day that this Body may be in Hell.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne

To cast in my lot with Jekyll was to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged, and had of late begun to pamper.
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
I am afraid he is running into debt just to pamper your whims.
Little Nobody|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

British Dictionary definitions for pamper

pamper

/ (ˈpæmpə) /

verb (tr)

to treat with affectionate and usually excessive indulgence; coddle; spoil

archaic to feed to excess

Derived Formspamperer, noun

Word Origin for pamper

C14: of Germanic origin; compare German dialect pampfen to gorge oneself

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pamper

verb (used with object)

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pamper

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