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Definition of Pamper
1. Verb. Treat with excessive indulgence. "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Generic synonyms: Do By, Handle, Treat
Derivative terms: Baby, Coddler, Indulgence, Indulging, Mollycoddle, Mollycoddler, Pamperer, Pampering, Spoiler
Definition of Pamper
1. v. t. To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
Definition of Pamper
1. Verb. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence. ¹
2. Verb. (dated) To feed luxuriously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pamper
1. to treat with extreme or excessive indulgence [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pamper
Literary usage of Pamper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Benjamin Franklin: With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable by Mason Locke Weems (1822)
"... our long liv' d lathers earn'd their bread.; Toil strung their nerves and
purified their blood; But we, their sons, a pamper'd race of men, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"... ungratefully sweet, S. Foi is used in Kent, as denoting " a treat at going
abroad or coming home ;" Gl. Grose. —-Glaikit fool«, owr rife o' cuh. pamper ..."
3. Memoirs of a West-India Planter by John Riland (1827)
"... for, if you were to pamper them with the most exquisite delicacies, or put
them to rest on a bed of roses, a slave will still be a slave. ..."
4. The Lady's Poetical Magazine: Or Beauties of British Poetry (1781)
"... In princes palaces, and hermits cells ; Where pamper'd Wealth on bed of down
reclines, Where meagre Want on humble pallet pines. ..."
5. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1897)
"Wild mustard will satisfy the " Sheltie," thistles and cacti will pamper the burro.
The raising of Shetlanders is only an incident—but a most interesting ..."
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