Fond \Fond\, v. t.
To caress; to fondle. [Obs.]
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The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. --Dryden.
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Fond \Fond\, v. i.
To be fond; to dote. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Fond \Fond\, n. [F., fr. L. fundus. See Fund.] [Obs., or used
as a French word]
1. 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.
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2. Fund, stock, or store.
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Fond \Fond\, obs.
imp. of Find. Found. --Chaucer.
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Fond \Fond\, a. [Compar. Fonder; superl. Fondest.] [For
fonned, p. p. of OE. fonnen to be foolish. See Fon.]
1. Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic]
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Grant I may never prove so fond
To trust man on his oath or bond. --Shak.
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2. Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent;
over-affectionate.
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3. Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a
fond mother or wife. --Addison.
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4. Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent,
or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of
(formerly also by on).
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More fond on her than she upon her love. --Shak.
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You are as fond of grief as of your child. --Shak.
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A great traveler, and fond of telling his
adventures. --Irving.
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5. Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.]
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Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
--Byron.
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6. Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. [Obs.] --Shak.
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fond
adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond
of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
[syn: affectionate, caring, lovesome, tender,
warm]
2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring
grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting
husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a
fond mother" [syn: adoring, doting]
3: absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming
President"; "fond fancies"
4: (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or
liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror
movies" [syn: fond(p), partial(p)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "fond":
addicted to, adoring, affectionate, apish, asinine, aspiring,
assured, attached to, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted,
bootless, brainless, buffoonish, caring, cockeyed, confident,
conjugal, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dear,
demonstrative, devoted, dizzy, doting, dumb, easily taken in,
easy of belief, empty, expectant, faithful, fatuitous, fatuous,
filial, flaky, fond of, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled,
full of hope, futile, gaga, goofy, gulled, hooked on, hopeful,
hoping, husbandly, idiotic, imbecile, in good heart, in hopes,
inane, inclined to believe, indulgent, inept, infatuated, insane,
kooky, languishing, lonesome, loony, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome,
loving, mad, maternal, maudlin, melting, moronic, naive, nutty,
of good cheer, of good hope, overconfiding, overcredulous,
overtrustful, overtrusting, parental, partial to, paternal,
responsive, romantic, sanguine, sappy, screwy, senseless,
sentimental, silly, soft, stupid, superstitious, sympathetic,
tender, thoughtless, trustful, trusting, uncritical, undespairing,
undoubting, unskeptical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, upbeat,
uxorious, vain, wacky, warm, wet, wifely, witless
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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