pamper

[pam-per]

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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.

Origin of pamper

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

Related formspam·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

Synonyms for pamper

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1. humor, coddle, baby, spoil.

Antonyms for pamper

1. discipline.

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Related Words for pamper

gratify, tickle, regale, spoil, indulge, coddle, satisfy, fondle, humor, pet, please, cosset, yield, dandle, caress, mollycoddle, baby, overindulge

Examples from the Web for pamper

Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of pamper

You are pampering me here, and to pamper an invalid is bad; it keeps him an invalid.
The Lion's Skin
Rafael Sabatini
She was the one you and my daughter used to pamper, in the steerage.
Little Miss Grouch
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Let your needs rule you, pamper them—you will see them multiply like insects in the sun.
The Simple Life
Charles Wagner
The besetting temptation of the free lance is to pamper himself.
If You Don't Write Fiction
Charles Phelps Cushing
He likes to be consulted, and I pamper him as much as possible in all unessential details.
Dear Enemy
Jean Webster

British Dictionary definitions for pamper

pamper

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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Word Origin and History for pamper

late 14c., "to cram with food," probably from Middle Dutch (cf. West Flemish pamperen "cram with food, overindulge;" dialectal German pampen "to cram"), probably from frequentative of root of pap (n.1). Meaning "to overindulge" first attested 1520s. Related: Pampered; pampering.