Pampering

2 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.]
     [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.
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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pampering
       adj : overly indulgent; "pampering parents often have spoilt
             children" [syn: {pampering(a)}]
       n : the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn: {indulgence},
            {indulging}, {humoring}]