Fondsome

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by fondness; loving, affectionate. dialectal, poetic

    "No myths of ages, dark, unproved — Traditions crude of hidden yore; Nor fondsome fictions, easy grooved, On customs lost in trackless lore."

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"No myths of ages, dark, unproved — Traditions crude of hidden yore; Nor fondsome fictions, easy grooved, On customs lost in trackless lore."

Etymology

From fond + -some.

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