pamper

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pampered p. pr. & vb. n. Pampering. ] [ Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant; as, pampered children. “Pampered boughs.” Milton. “Pampered insolence.” Pope. -- Pam"pered*ness, n. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

n. One who, or that which, pampers. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pamper. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. pampa a plain. ] A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage. Sir W. Parish. [ 1913 Webster ]