pamper
/ˈpampə
/verb [with object]
Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil: famous people just love being pampered...
- Ishaan is not spoilt even though Shahid pampers him to the core and neither are any of the other kids.
- I've been lucky enough to indulge myself in some pampering this past month, most of which involved stripping off.
- Suddenly, though, these spoiled, pampered young men are required to join the military.
Synonyms
spoil, indulge, overindulge, cosset, mollycoddle, coddle, baby, pet, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent;
humour, pander to
archaic cocker
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'cram with food'): probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with German dialect pampfen 'cram, gorge'; perhaps related to pap1.
The early sense of pamper was ‘cram with food’, developing the sense' to indulge, spoil' in the mid 16th century. It is probably of Low German or Dutch origin and associated with German dialect pampfen ‘cram, gorge’. It may be related to pap (Late Middle English) probably based on Latin pappare ‘to eat’, describing bland, soft, or semi-liquid food. The old sense of pap for a woman's breast could be from Latin pappilla ‘nipple’ but is more likely from a Scandinavian root imitating the sound of a baby sucking.