Pamper
, according to Junius, is from the Latin pamʹpinus, French pampre (vine-tendril). Hence Milton—
“Where any row
Of fruit trees, over-woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs, and needed hands to check
Fruitless embraces.”
The Italian pamberaʹto (well-fed) is a compound of pane (bread) and bere (drink).
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.