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adjective

Fond adj. (compar. fonder; superl. fondest)

Foolish; silly; simple; weak. (Archaic) "Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond."

Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.

Affectionate; loving; tender; in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.

Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; followed by of (formerly also by on). " More fond on her than she upon her love." " You are as fond of grief as of your child." " A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures."

Doted on; regarded with affection. (R.) " Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer."

Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. (Obs.)

noun

Fond n. (Obs., or used as a French word)

Foundation; bottom; groundwork; specif.:

(a)

(Lace Making) The ground.

(b)

(Cookery) The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce.

Fund, stock, or store.

verb

Fond v. t. To caress; to fondle. (Obs.) " The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast."

Fond v. i. To be fond; to dote. (Obs.)

Fond v. obs. Imp. of Find. Found.

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Etymology of 'Fond'

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... in common with them both, his interest in sport and in horseflesh being a strong link with Tom Pargeter, while his love of art, and his dilettante literary tastes, bound him to Peggy. Also, and perhaps above all, he was an American—and Europeans cherish strange and sometimes fond illusions as to your American's lack of capacity for ...

— The Uttermost Farthing • Marie Belloc Lowndes

... taste for argument," remarked Giovanni. "Because three hundred years ago an ancestor married a widow, I am to marry one now. Wait—do not be angry—there are other reasons why I do not care for Madame Mayer. She is too gay for me—too fond of the world." ...

— Saracinesca • F. Marion Crawford

... have to chop wood all day.... My children ought to kiss her very steps; for my part, I have no gift for education. She has such a gift, that I look upon it as nothing less than the eighth endowment of the Holy Ghost; I mean a certain fond persecution by which it is given her to torment her children from morning to night to do something, not to do something, to learn—and yet without for a moment losing their tender affection for her. How can she manage it? I cannot make it out.' She was laughingly called by himself and her ...

— Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) - Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre • John Morley

... what breath of life. O fool, poor fool, Well, we have laughed together, you and I. O fond insulter, in ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... much what he here implies. I see Mr. Darwin says of his own father, Dr. Robert Darwin of Shrewsbury, that he does not consider him to have had a scientific mind. Mr. Darwin cannot tell why he does not think his father's mind to have been fitted for advancing science, "for he was fond of theorising, and was incomparably the best observer" Mr. Darwin ever knew. {33a} From the hint given in the "brief but imperfect sketch," I fancy I can help Mr. Darwin to see why he does not think his ...

— Unconscious Memory • Samuel Butler

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