pamperer
pamperer is the agent noun of pamper.
Meaning of pamper
Verb
pamper (third-person singular simple present pampers, present participle pampering, simple past and past participle pampered)
- To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- coddle
- To feed luxuriously.
- To put someone in pampers (a diaper).
Forms of pamperer
| plural | pamperers |
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Origin of pamperer
From pamper + -er.
Questions about pamperer
- What is pamperer the agent noun of?
- Pamperer is the agent noun of pamper.
Words near pamperer in the dictionary
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