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Webster 1913 Edition

Pamper

Pam′per

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pampered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pampering
.]
[Cf. LG.
pampen
,
slampampen
, to live luxuriously,
pampe
thick pap, and E.
pap
.]
1.
To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut;
as, to
pamper
the body or the appetite
.
“A body . . . pampered for corruption.”
Dr. T. Dwight.
2.
To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess;
as, to
pamper
pride; to
pamper
the imagination
.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pamper

PAM'PER

,
Verb.
T.
[L. bibo.]
1.
To feed to the full; to glut; to saginate; to feed luxuriously; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
We are proud of a body fattening for worms and pampered for corruption and the grave.
2.
To gratify to the full; to furnish with that which delights; as, to pamper the imagination.

Definition 2024

pamper

pamper

English

Verb

pamper ‎(third-person singular simple present pampers, present participle pampering, simple past and past participle pampered)

  1. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
  2. (dated) To feed luxuriously.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛmpər/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpər

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Pampers brand of diapers, perhaps from English pamper.

Noun

pamper m ‎(plural pampers, diminutive pampertje n)

  1. a diaper

Synonyms

Etymology

From Middle English pamperen ‎(“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen ‎(“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen ‎(“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- ‎(“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- ‎(“round object”), equivalent to pamp +‎ -er.

Cognate with West Flemish pamperen ‎(“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen ‎(“to stuff oneself”), German dialectal pampfen ‎(“to cram”), Danish dialectal pampe ‎(“to boast, brag”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæmpə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

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