fond

fond
    adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
           children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a
           tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: {affectionate},
           {fond}, {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}, {fond}]
    3: (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or
       liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
       [syn: {fond(p)}, {partial(p)}]
    4: absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming
       President"; "fond fancies"
    

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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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