Definitions for: Pamper


[v] treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pam"per, v. 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.

Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil

See Also: do by, handle, treat

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