 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pampered
adjective: treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest
childhood, he believed the world had been invented for
his entertainment" [syn: {coddled}, {spoiled}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pampered \Pam"pered\, adjective
Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant; as,
pampered children. ''Pampered boughs.'' --Milton. ''Pampered
insolence.'' --Pope. -- {Pam"pered*ness}, noun --Bp. Hall.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pamper \Pam"per\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pampered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pampering}.] [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live
luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]
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.
2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to
pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. --South.
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