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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pan-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn dər |
Definition of pandering
Origin :- "arranger of sexual liaisons, one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from Middle English Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde"), who borrowed it from Boccaccio (who had it in Italian form Pandaro in "Filostrato") as name of the prince (Greek Pandaros), who procured the love of Cressida (his niece in Chaucer, his cousin in Boccaccio) for Troilus. The story and the name are medieval inventions. Spelling influenced by agent suffix -er.
- verb cater to, indulge
- What a sorry state of servitude for a virtue—to be pandering to sensual pleasure!
- Extract from : « De Officiis » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- He did not seek for gain by pandering to the thoughtless, ignorant or base.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- Do not suppose that I am pandering to what is commonly understood by national pride.
- Extract from : « Science and Education » by Thomas H. Huxley
- How could he with a pandering smugness meet Fanny's purity of feeling?
- Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- He has never sought advancement by flattery or pandering to prejudice.
- Extract from : « Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men » by Various
- The cry arose that the survey was pandering to the national spirit.
- Extract from : « Irish Nationality » by Alice Stopford Green
- She could not understand my brother's propensity or our shame in pandering to it.
- Extract from : « Lost Man's Lane » by Anna Katharine Green
- This is in no sense the result of pandering to the patriotism of the American public.
- Extract from : « Great Singers on the Art of Singing » by James Francis Cooke
- They little knew what they were doing by pandering to my boyish vanity in such a way.
- Extract from : « My First Book: » by Various
- It does strike me as pandering somewhat to popular prejudice.
- Extract from : « At Ypres with Best-Dunkley » by Thomas Hope Floyd
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