INDULGE, INDULGED, INDULGENCE, INDULGENT
ADJECTIVES
► BEAM-FILLED indulged → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BUXOM gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly → 1362 obs.
► CADDLED indulged, spoiled → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CADE petted, indulged, spoiled; applied to lambs brought up by hand, and hence to children → 1790 Eng. dial.
► COSSETY fond of being pampered, indulged, or fondled → 1887
► DEBOSHING given to excessive indulgence; wasteful → 19C Sc.
► HUMOURSOME disposed to humour or indulge others; indulgent → 1839
► LARGE indulgent, lax; not strict or rigorous → c1440 obs.
► MARDY spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MARRED spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish → 1865 Eng. dial.
► ON THE BATTER engaging in a self-indulgent variety of drinks, drugs, and other recreational excesses → 1839 UK sl.
► POMPED pampered, indulged, cosseted → 1509 obs.
► SMOOTHED indulged, pampered → 1600 obs.
► TIDDLING over-indulgent → 16C obs.
NOUNS
► DEBOSH excessive indulgence, a debauch; extravagance, waste → 1828 Sc.
► FAVOUR an indulgence, privilege → 1634 obs.
► MARDNESS softness, lack of endurance, indulgence → 1885 Eng. dial.
► SLICE OFF A CUT LOAF continuation of some wrongful indulgence, esp, sexual → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WANK self-indulgence → 1970s US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CADE a spoiled, indulged child → 1877 now Eng. & Amer. dial.
► DANDILLY a young person who through over-indulgence is become feeble in body, or pettish in temper, or both → 1808 Sc.
► DAUTIE ► DAWTIE ► DAWTY a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection → 1676 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAMMIEKEEKIE a spoil, indulged child → 1923 Sc.
► MAM’S FOUT a spoilt, over-indulged child → 1825 Sc.
► MAM’S PET a spoilt, over-indulged child → 1721 Sc.
► WANTON a person, esp. a child, spoiled by over-indulgence and excessive leniency; a spoiled child, a pampered pet → 1526 obs.
VERBS
► BETEEM to bestow, to indulge with → 1790 Eng. dial.
► CADE to pet, to fondle, to indulge, to spoil → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLAW ONE’S TOES to gratify or indulge oneself → c1460 obs.
► COCKER UP to pamper, to indulge → 1935 Amer. dial.
► COSHER to treat with indulgent fondness, to pamper → 1861
► DAINTY UP to pamper or indulge with dainties → 1622 obs.
► DALLY to pet, to indulge, to spoil → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEBOSH to indulge oneself in the use of anything to excess → 1731 Sc.
► FADDLE to make much of a child, to pet, to humour, to indulge → 1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FAVOUR to indulge oneself, or a feeling → 1362 obs.
► INDULGIATE to indulge → 1615 obs.
► LAY OUT to indulge oneself to excess, as in drinking → L19 Aust. sl.
► LIVE LIKE A PIG IN CLOVER to live the high life, to indulge oneself; to live extremely contentedly → 1795
► MAKE A WELTER OF IT to indulge in to excess → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► MAR to spoil a child by indulgence → 1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MARDY ► MARDY UP to spoil, to indulge → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAUNGE to pet; to ‘cocker up’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ORGE to indulge in an excess of ‘sinful’ pleasures, esp. of food, drugs, shopping, sex → 1999 UK sl.
► PALLIATE to appease, to please or indulge one’s taste → 1631 obs.
► PAMPLE to indulge, to pamper → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► POMP to pamper; to cosset; to indulge, to spoil; to flatter, to sweet-talk → c1400
► POO THE BACKIE to indulge a little → 1907 Sc.
► SALLIT to indulge luxuriously → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHAKE A FREE LEG to do something indulgent or hedonistic; to act according to one’s desires without being restrained by law, religious beliefs, etc. → 1856
► SHAKE A LOOSE LEG to do something indulgent or hedonistic; to act according to one’s desires without being restrained by law, religious beliefs, etc. → 1743
► SWINGE to have free scope or course; to indulge one’s inclination → 1613 obs.
► TIDDLE ► TITTLE to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish → 1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
► TOSSION UP to indulge or coddle a child → 1912 Amer. dial.
► TUTOR to indulge, to spoil a child, to pamper → 1927 Amer. dial.
► WALLY to cocker up; to indulge; to stroke the back of an animal gently; to obtain one’s end by means of caresses or flattery → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)