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pampered |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pampered \Pam"pered\, a. Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence luxuriant. ``Pampered boughs.'' --Milton. ``Pampered insolence.'' --Pope. -- {Pam"pered*ness}, n. --Bp. Hall. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pampered adj : treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest childhood, he believed the world had been invented for his entertainment" [syn: {coddled}, {spoiled}]
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