different between pamper vs mollycoddle

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæmp?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æmp?(?)

Verb

pamper (third-person singular simple present pampers, present participle pampering, simple past and past participle pampered)

1. (transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
2. (dated) To feed luxuriously.

Synonyms

• (treat with indulgence): coddle, spoil; see also Thesaurus:pamper

Translations

Anagrams

• mapper, pampre, pre-amp, preamp

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Pampers brand of diapers, from English pamper.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /?p?m.p?r/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?p?mp?r/
• Hyphenation: pam?per
• Rhymes: -?mp?r, -?mp?r

Noun

pamper m (plural pampers, diminutive pampertje n)

1. (informal) a diaper, a nappy

Synonyms

• luier

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: pamper

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pamper, from the name of the Pampers brand of diapers, from English pamper, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pamp?r]
• Hyphenation: pam?pêr

Noun

pamper (plural pamper-pamper, first-person possessive pamperku, second-person possessive pampermu, third-person possessive pampernya)

1. diaper, nappy

   Synonyms: lampin, popok

Further reading

• “pamper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

molly +? coddle

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?l.??k?d.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?l.i?k?d.?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

mollycoddle (plural mollycoddles)

1. (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.

Translations

Verb

mollycoddle (third-person singular simple present mollycoddles, present participle mollycoddling, simple past and past participle mollycoddled)

1. (transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.
   • 1904, Sabine Baring-Gould, The White Flag

     Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer.

   • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012, Policy prescriptions: A True Progressivism

     Rich countries also need more competition in traditionally mollycoddled sectors such as education.

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