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pampered, ppl. a.|ˈpæmpəd|
[f. pamper v. + -ed1.]
Over-fed (obs.); luxuriously fed; over-indulged, spoiled by luxury: see the verb.
a1529Skelton Vppon Deedmans Hed 25 For all oure pamperde paunchys, Ther may no fraunchys..Redeme vs from this. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. 366 Their stables ful yfraught with pampred Iades. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. i. Wks. (1851) 31 The knotty Africanisms, the pamper'd metafors; the intricat, and involv'd sentences of the Fathers. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 323 The pamper'd Colt will discipline disdain. 1759Johnson Idler No. 52 ⁋2 A pampered body will darken the mind. 1805Med. Jrnl. XIV. 276 A pampered and consequently distempered imagination. 1890W. A. Wallace Only a Sister 69 The spoilt and pampered children of the present day.
Hence ˈpamperedness, pampered condition.
a1618Sylvester Mayden's Blush 1002 The fruits..Of wanton Pride, of wastefull Pamprednesse. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. xxxvii. 267 No crosses, no vexations, but what we gave ourselves from the pamperedness, as I may call it, of our own wills. |