pamper
pronunciation
How to pronounce pamper in British English:
UK [ˈpæmpə(r)]
How to pronounce pamper in American English:
US [ˈpæmpɚ]
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- Verb:
- treat with excessive indulgence
Word Origin
- pamper (v.)
- late 14c., "to cram with food," probably from Middle Dutch (compare West Flemish pamperen "cram with food, overindulge;" dialectal German pampen "to cram"), probably from frequentative of root of pap (n.1). Meaning "to overindulge" first attested 1520s. Related: Pampered; pampering.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Dont pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps .
- 2. We should pamper ourselves with a few luxury items .
- 3. All efforts to pamper the hungarians just make them complain all the more , in an annoying and disloyal way .
- 4. Here are some simple things you can do to pamper your peepers .
- 5. Have thousands of people born just suffer pamper .