Pampered

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pamper \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.]
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     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.
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     2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to
        pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pampered \Pam"pered\, a.
     Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant; as,
     pampered children. "Pampered boughs." --Milton. "Pampered
     insolence." --Pope. -- {Pam"pered*ness}, n. --Bp. Hall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pampered
       adj : treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest
             childhood, he believed the world had been invented for
             his entertainment" [syn: {coddled}, {spoiled}]