pamper

Meaning

Verb

1. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
2. To feed luxuriously.
3. (informal) To put someone in pampers (a diaper).

Noun

Alternative form of pampers.

Synonyms

spoil

coddle

indulge

mollycoddle

cosset

pet

fondle

dote

baby

👶

cocker

humour

featherbed

dote on

render delicate

render effeminate

cherish

spoiled

overindulge

dandle

satiate

surfeit

treat

vitiate

make a fuss of

make angry

treat well

be pampered

indugle

tend with care

be careful with

cherish with care

treat with indulgence

greedy

furious

infuriate

mad

minister

diaper

overfeed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er.
Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”).