From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fond \Fond\, verb (used with an object) To caress; to fondle. [Obs.]
The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fond \Fond\, verb (used without an object) To be fond; to dote. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fond \Fond\, noun [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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Fund, stock, or store. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fond \Fond\, obs. imp. of {Find}. Found. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fond \Fond\, adjective [Compar. {Fonder}; superl. {Fondest}.] [For fonned, p. p. of OE. fonnen to be foolish. See {Fon}.]
1. Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic]
Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. --Shak.
2. Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
3. Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife. --Addison.
4. 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. --Shak.
You are as fond of grief as of your child. --Shak.
A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. --Irving.
5. Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.]
Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. --Byron.
6. Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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