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fond

1

[ fond ]

adjective

, fond·er, fond·est.
  1. having a liking or affection for (usually followed by of ):

    to be fond of animals.

  2. loving; affectionate:

    to give someone a fond look.

  3. excessively tender or overindulgent; doting:

    a fond parent.

  4. cherished with strong or unreasoning feeling:

    to nourish fond hopes of becoming president.

  5. Archaic. foolish or silly.
  6. Archaic. foolishly credulous or trusting.

    Synonyms: gullible



fond

2

[ fond; French fawn ]

noun

, plural fonds [fondz, faw, n].
  1. a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
  2. Obsolete. fund; stock.

fond

1

/ fɒnd /

adjective

  1. postpositivefoll byof predisposed (to); having a liking (for)
  2. loving; tender

    a fond embrace

  3. indulgent; doting

    a fond mother

  4. (of hopes, wishes, etc) cherished but unlikely to be realized

    he had fond hopes of starting his own business

  5. archaic.
    1. foolish
    2. credulous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


fond

2

/ fɔ̃; fɒnd /

noun

  1. the background of a design, as in lace
  2. obsolete.
    fund; stock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfondly, adverb
  • ˈfondness, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fond1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fond, fonned “foolish, silly” (past participle of fonnen “to be foolish”

Origin of fond2

First recorded in 1655–65; from French; fund
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fond1

C14 fonned , from fonnen to be foolish, from fonne a fool

Origin of fond2

C17: from French, from Latin fundus bottom; see fund
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Example Sentences

I quickly grew fond of stashing items in the open overhead compartments that are spread around the interior.

Tasha Zemke, copy editorI bought this breakfast-sammie machine for my partner’s birthday over the summer, and we have become especially fond of it as the weather gets colder.

Readers of a certain age will have fond childhood memories of weekday afternoons spent in the company of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the central figures of the hugely popular, Emmy-award winning animated series, Animaniacs.

I’m particularly fond of the video of tiny legless larvae leaping into the air, accompanied by Strauss’ “Also sprach Zarathustra.”

As Warren Smith, CEO of the San Diego Loyal is fond of saying, “San Diego is the Soccer Capital of North America … it just doesn’t know it yet.”

He seemed particularly fond of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.

Sometimes,” he is fond of telling the press, “the target draws the arrow.

You also seem to be fond of the way the film treated gravity—as opposed to your reservations about the film Gravity.

She met a Forbes at the club the other night who is fond of literature.

A couple of things: I have lived in North Africa and I have very fond memories of that time and those people.

“My sister is passionately fond of children,” said the elder lady, in smiling apology.

These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!

This had been quite genuine, for the Professor had been fond of his relative, who had always been very good to him.

"I'm afraid I couldn't quite manage that, my dear boy," your fond parent would respond.

Bordering them were great quantities of berry-laden snow-berry bushes, of which I am very fond.

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