pander

C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /ˈpændər/ UK /ˈpændə/ See IPA manual

verb noun

Meanings

1

verb
to gratify or indulge an immoral or distasteful desire

Tabloids pander to readers' appetite for scandal.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to gratify or indulge an... indulge gratify cater humor pimp procure

Opposites

resist refuse deny

Word family

Derived forms pandererpandering

Etymology

From Pandare (Pandarus), the character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde who acts as a go-between for the lovers; the name derives ultimately from Greek Pándaros, a Trojan warrior in the Iliad. The general sense of indulging base desires developed from the procuring role.

Pándaros Ancient Greek

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Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives

# pander

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈpændər
**IPA (UK):** ˈpændə

## Meanings
1. to gratify or indulge an immoral or distasteful desire

## Examples
- Tabloids pander to readers' appetite for scandal.

## Synonyms
- indulge
- gratify
- cater
- humor
- pimp
- procure

## Antonyms
- resist
- refuse
- deny

## Derived Forms
- panderer
- pandering

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Pándaros

## Etymology
From Pandare (Pandarus), the character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde who acts as a go-between for the lovers; the name derives ultimately from Greek Pándaros, a Trojan warrior in the Iliad. The general sense of indulging base desires developed from the procuring role.

## AI Etymology
Pander is from Pandare (Pandarus), the character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde who acts as a go-between for the lovers; the name derives ultimately from Greek Pándaros, a Trojan warrior in the Iliad. The general sense of indulging base desires developed from the procuring role. Important recorded forms include Pándaros (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers to gratify or indulge an immoral or distasteful desire. The wider family includes derived forms such as panderer and pandering.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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