資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pamper \Pam"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pampered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pampering}.] [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live
luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]
1. To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to
pamper the body or the appetite. ``A body . . . pampered
for corruption.'' --Dr. T. Dwight.
2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to
pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. --South.
Pampered \Pam"pered\, a.
Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant.
``Pampered boughs.'' --Milton. ``Pampered insolence.''
--Pope. -- {Pam"pered*ness}, n. --Bp. Hall.
資料來源 : WordNet®
pampered
adj : treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest
childhood, he believed the world had been invented for
his entertainment" [syn: {coddled}, {spoiled}]