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pamper, v.|ˈpæmpə(r)|
Also 6 pampyr, -ir, -re.
[Occurs a 1380; forpampred is in Chaucer's Boethius c 1374. It corresponds in form and sense with W. Flem. pamperen (De Bo), and in stem with the words mentioned under pamp v., of which it is in form the frequentative.]
1. trans. To cram with food; to over-indulge with rich food; to feed luxuriously. pamper up: to feed up. Obs. except as included in b.
a1380Prov. of S. Bernard (Vern. MS. 304/3. l. 73) And þat is þi flesch,..Þat þou pamprest and servest so. c1440Jacob's Well 157 A man, þat hyȝt Theodorus, in glotonye, euermore pamperyd his bely in exces of mete & of drynk. 1530Palsgr. 652/1, I pampyr, as a man dothe that bringeth up a horse or any other beest whan he fedeth hym to make hym spedely fatte. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 120 b, Horse coursers..do feed them with sodden Rie, or beanmeale sod, pampering them up, that they may be the fairer to the eie. 1614Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. v. ii, But now God will pamper their famine; and gives them..bread of angels. 1775Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 26 July, After dinner I went to Snowhill; there I was pampered, and had an uneasy night. 1820Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 291 Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Farming Wks. (Bohn) III. 61 As he nursed his..turkeys on bread and milk, so he will pamper his peaches and grapes on the viands they like best.
b. To over-indulge (a person) in his tastes and likings generally; to bring up daintily; to indulge with what gratifies or delights the senses.
1530Palsgr. 651/2, I pamper, I bring up dayntely, as a mother that loveth inordynately dothe her chylde. 1551Robinson More's Utop. i. (1895) 47 Beynge deyntely and tenderly pampered vp in ydilnes and pleasure. 1615R. Brathwait Strappado, etc. (1878) 338 Vaine is the flower, soone fading, soone forgot, which you do pamper to your ouerthrow. 1687tr. Sallust (1692) 29 They purchase Pictures, Statues, Sculptures..to pamper their Eyes. 1829Lytton Disowned xx, Petted and pampered from my childhood, I grew up with a profound belief in my own excellences. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Civiliz. Wks. (Bohn) III. 10 Where the banana grows, the animal system is indolent and pampered.
c. fig. To over-indulge or ‘feed’ (any mental appetite, feeling, or the like).
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 180 Pampering their minds with this imagination. 1628Prynne Love-lockes 37 Which pampers the Vaine, and Sinfull humours, Lusts, and dispositions of our carnall Hearts. 1741Fielding Conversation Wks. 1784 IX. 381 To pamper his own vanity at the price of another's shame. 1892Zangwill Bow Mystery 112 She had stifled yet pampered her grief by working hard at it [a portrait] since his death.
†2. intr. To indulge oneself with food, to feed luxuriously. Obs.
1573[see pampering ppl. a.]. 1620Rowlands Night Raven 19 To be at horse expence for oates and hay, Which idle stands and pampers in the stable. 1635Quarles Embl. v. vii. 270 To day, we pamper with a full repast Of lavish mirth; at night, we weepe as fast.
†3. trans. (See quot. and cf. sense 1, quot. 1577).
1611Cotgr., Mangonisme, the craft of pampering, trimming, or setting out of saleable things. Ibid., Mangonner to pamper, trimme, sleeke, or set out vnto the eye sale things.
Hence ˈpamperdom (nonce-wd.), pampered condition, state of luxury; ˈpamperer, one who or that which pampers; ˈpamperize v. (nonce-wd.), to pamper.
1847in J. Brown's Horæ Subs. (1882) 410 When from such pamperdom exiled. 1775Ash, Pamperer,..one that pampers. 1781Cowper Conversat. 48 A plea..For making speech the pamperer of lust. a1845Syd. Smith (Worcester), Pamperize. |