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pampering

pampering noun: the act by which somebody is pampered. Also the present participle and gerund of pamper.

Noun

pampering (plural pamperings)

  1. The act by which somebody is pampered.
    • After all, hospitality is natural to man. Amid the ten thousand pamperings that attend upon wealth, it is forgotten, because we have not need for it; but it is only suspended, and the moment it is necessary, it revives.1837, Robert Plumer Ward, Illustrations of Human Life, page 104

Also used as

pampering is also the present participle and gerund of pamper.

Forms of pampering

pluralpamperings

Words formed from pampering

Questions about pampering

What does pampering mean?
Pampering means the act by which somebody is pampered.
What part of speech is pampering?
Pampering is a noun.
What is the plural of pampering?
The plural of pampering is pamperings.

Words near pampering in the dictionary

  1. pamperedness
  2. pamperer
  3. pamperers
  4. pamperest
  5. pampereth
  6. pampering
  7. pamperingly
  8. pamperings
  9. pamperize
  10. pamperized
  11. pampero

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