Pampering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which somebody is pampered.

    "After all, hospitality is natural to man. Amid the ten thousand pamperings that attend upon wealth, it is forgotten, because we have not need for it; but it is only suspended, and the moment it is necessary, it revives."

  2. 2
    the act of indulging or gratifying a desire wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pamper form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires wordnet

Example

More examples

"Data curation is the art of pampering data in a way that doesn't look like doctoring."

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