What is "pampering"

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.

n. The act by which somebody is pampered. vb. (present participle of pamper English)

1. adj. overly indulgent; "pampering parents often have spoilt children" [syn: pampering(a)]

2. n. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn: indulgence, indulging, humoring]