pamper
verbEtymology
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”).
- derived from *bamb-✻
- derived from *pamp-✻
- derived from *pamperen✻
- inherited from pamperen
Definitions
To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
To feed luxuriously.
To put someone in pampers (a diaper).
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Alternative form of pampers.
- The jacket is his exact size, fitting him just right, but his pants are two sizes too small. They’re hugging him extra tight. His butt is exploding out of them, causing it to look like he’s wearing a pamper.
- There were popes, proctologists, a pyramid, a plant, a peanut-butter boy, a pygmy, a baby wearing a pamper, a picture, pimps and prostitutes.
The neighborhood
- synonymspoil
- synonymchuckle
- synonymcocker
- synonymcosset
- synonymcuddle
- synonymdandle
- synonympander
- synonymmake much
- synonymmollycoddle
- synonymnustle
- synonympamper
- synonympettle
- neighborcherish
- neighborindulge
- neighborspoil
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pamper. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA