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Fond
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- 1 Having a liking or affection (for).
"I am fond of this song!"
- 2 Affectionate.
"a fond farewell"
- 3 Indulgent, doting.
"I have fond grandparents who spoil me."
- 4 Outlandish; foolish; silly.
"Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality."
- 5 Foolish; simple; weak. obsolete
"If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near nobody."
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- 6 Doted on; regarded with affection. obsolete
"Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer."
- 1 (followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for wordnet
- 2 extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent wordnet
- 3 having or displaying warmth or affection wordnet
- 4 absurd or silly because unlikely wordnet
- 1 The background design in lace-making.
- 2 Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
"He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce."
- 3 A group of records having shared provenance.
"To denote archival material collected from Ukrainian archives I have used the Ukrainian system of classification (i.e. fond, opys, sprava and arkush). I have used the Russian system for material from Russian archives (i.e. fond, opis, delo, stranitsa). I have also provided a glossary of terms used for Ukrainian, Russian or Polish terms at the back of the thesis for easy reference."
- 4 Foundation; bottom; groundwork. obsolete
- 5 Fund, stock, or store. obsolete
- 1 To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of. obsolete
- 2 To caress; to fondle. obsolete
"The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast."
Etymology
From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon + -ed. More at fon.
From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon + -ed. More at fon.
From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.
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