Meanings
present singular third person pampers · participle present pampering · participle past pampered · past pampered
- transitiveTo treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
1 more example
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 caused more harm than good.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCSynonyms: coddle
- datedTo feed luxuriously.
plural pampers
- alternativeAlternative form of pampers.
“You will have to wear a pamper because you will not be able to move.[…]”
2021, Debbie Hollins, Living Within the Confinements of Lupus, WestBow Press, →ISBN5 more examples
“[…]And let me get you some more panties. I got all sizes. You look like about a size four,” she comments going to another cabinet. “Now, when you put these on after you wash up and the medicine kicks in, the maxi-pad goes on the inside of your panties on the bottom to catch all that blood coming out of your tail.” She must be crazy. I gotta wear a pamper.
2002, Mirika Mayo Cornelius, Secret, Akirim Press, →ISBNThe 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.
2003, Al-Saadiq Banks, Sincerely Yours: The Conclusion, True 2 Life Publications, →ISBNThere were popes, proctologists, a pyramid, a plant, a peanut-butter boy, a pygmy, a baby wearing a pamper, a picture, pimps and prostitutes.
2009, Beryl Doiron with Bernie Doiron, “Ethiopia — Into the Hills”, in RusticoRiders Cycle Africa: From Cairo to Cape Town, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 68“She’s… soiling her pamper. Have you changed a pamper before?” “Just on my dolls, and I was ten the last time I’d done it.” Allyson grinned while saying, “That’s not the same. I’ll go grab a pamper and the wipes, and I’ll show you how to change Sonya’s pamper.”
2011, Gerald Pruett, chapter 11, in Legacy: The Mark of Merlin, British Columbia: CCB Publishing, →ISBN, page 206One of the ladies said, “Look at his pants when he turns around. It looks like he’s wearing a pamper.” Sure enough it looked like he was wearing a wet pamper.
2019, Noval Socram, In Just Cause Behind the Shadow, Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
More synonyms by meaning
verbtreat with excessive indulgence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bamb-“round object”
- Proto-Germanic*pamp-“to swell”
- Middle Dutch*pamperen“to cram with food”
- Middle Englishpamperen“to cram with food”
- Englishpamper
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”).
More words from Middle English, Middle Dutch, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vertroetel
- vertroetelto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Arabic دَلَّلَ, دَلَّعَ
- دَلَّلَ (dallala)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- دَلَّعَ (dallaʕa)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- غَنَّجَ (ḡannaja)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Bulgarian глезя, угаждам
- глезя (glezja)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- угаждам (ugaždam)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Chinese Mandarin 嬌縱 /娇纵, 放縱 /放纵
- 嬌縱 /娇纵 (jiāozòng)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- 放縱 /放纵 (fàngzòng)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Czech hýčkat, rozmazlovat
- hýčkatto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- rozmazlovatto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- rozmazlitto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Danish forkæle
- forkæleto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Dutch vertroetelen, pamperen
- vertroetelento treat with excessive care, to indulge
- pamperento treat with excessive care, to indulge
- verwennento treat with excessive care, to indulge
Esperanto dorloti
- dorlotito treat with excessive care, to indulge
Finnish hemmotella, hyysätä
- hemmotellato treat with excessive care, to indulge
- hyysätäto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- lelliäto treat with excessive care, to indulge
French choyer, dorloter
- choyerto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- dorloterto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- chouchouterto treat with excessive care, to indulge
German verwöhnen, hätscheln
- verwöhnento treat with excessive care, to indulge
- hätschelnto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Greek παραχαϊδεύω, κανακεύω
- παραχαϊδεύω (parachaïdévo)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- κανακεύω (kanakévo)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- καλομαθαίνω (kalomathaíno)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- κακομαθαίνω (kakomathaíno)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- περιποιούμαι (peripoioúmai)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Hebrew פינק
- פינק (pinék)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Hungarian kényeztet, elkényeztet
- kényeztetto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- elkényeztetto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Italian coccolare, viziare
- coccolareto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- viziareto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Japanese 甘やかす
- 甘やかす (amayakasu)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Latin mōrigerō
- mōrigerōto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Malay manja
- manjato treat with excessive care, to indulge
Māori morimori, nānā
- morimorito treat with excessive care, to indulge
- nānāto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Norwegian dulle med, skjemma bort
- dulle medto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- skjemma bortto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Polish rozpieszczać
- rozpieszczaćto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Portuguese paparicar, mimar
- paparicarto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- mimarto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Romanian răsfăța, alinta
- răsfățato treat with excessive care, to indulge
- alintato treat with excessive care, to indulge
Russian балова́ть, избалова́ть
- балова́ть (balovátʹ)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- избалова́ть (izbalovátʹ)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- изне́живать (iznéživatʹ)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- изне́жить (iznéžitʹ)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- ублажа́ть (ublažátʹ)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- ублажи́ть (ublažítʹ)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Spanish mimar, consentir
- mimarto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- consentirto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- malacostumbrarto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- regalonearto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- tener entre algodonesto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- chiquearto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- poparto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- pontearto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- chinchinearto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- achichiguarto treat with excessive care, to indulge
- contumeriarto treat with excessive care, to indulge
Swedish dalta
- daltato treat with excessive care, to indulge
Thai เอาใจ
- เอาใจ (ao-jai)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Ukrainian розпещувати, розніжувати
- розпещувати (rozpeščuvaty)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- розніжувати (roznižuvaty)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Yiddish פּיעשטשען, באַלעווען
- פּיעשטשען (pyeshtshen)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
- באַלעווען (baleven)to treat with excessive care, to indulge
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pamper
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Cite this entry
pamper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pamper
“pamper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pamper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pamper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pamper.
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