Pamper Definition
pămpər
pampered, pampering, pampers
verb
pampered, pampering, pampers
To treat with excessive indulgence.
Pampered their child.
American Heritage
To feed too much; gratify to excess; glut.
Webster's New World
To be overindulgent with; give in easily to the wishes of; coddle.
To pamper a child.
Webster's New World
To give in to; gratify.
He pampered his ambition for wealth and fame.
American Heritage
To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Origin of Pamper
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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 +"Ž -er. Cognate with Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself"), German dialectal pampfen (“to cram"), Danish dialectal pampe (“to boast, brag").
From Wiktionary
Middle English pamperen probably of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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