pamper

Meanings

Plural: pampers

Verb

treat with excessive indulgence
- "grandparents often pamper the children"
To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
To feed luxuriously.
To put someone in pampers (a diaper).

Noun

Alternative form of pampers.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

baby, chuckle, cocker, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, featherbed, indulge, make much, mollycoddle, nustle, pamper, pander, pettle, posset, spoil, tidder

Scrabble Score: 12

pamper is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pamper is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pamper is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

pamper is a valid Words With Friends word