Middle English Dictionary Entry
pamperen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | pamperen v. Also pampren. |
| Etymology | ?MLG or MDu.; cp. WFlem. pamperen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To indulge (flesh, belly, oneself), esp. with food.
Associated quotations
- c1390 Sayings St.Bern.(Vrn)74 : Þi flesch, þi furste fo..þou pamprest and seruest.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)270 : Strengþe falliþ..in case þat a man..wole pampre him silf with ouer softe and swete metis.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)21/5 : Surfet in etyng or drenkyng is whan a man pamprith so his bely with mete & wt drynke þt he may not browke it wt hele.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)157/30 : A man þat hyȝt Theodorus in glotonye eueremore pamperyd his bely in exces of mete & of drynk.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)213/32 : Good affecciouns..wolen arme and strengþe and chere a man..forto not ouer moche cherisch him silf and pampre his fleisch.