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fond Adjective 1. fond of having a liking for 2. loving and affectionate: his fond parents 3. (of hopes or wishes) cherished but unlikely to be realized [Middle English fonnen to be foolish] fondly adv fondness n Fond a stock of money or of goods. See also store. Examples: fond of appreciation, 1872; of money, 1673; of physick, 1707; of wit, 1704.
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fond adjective 1. loving, caring, warm, devoted, tender, adoring, affectionate, indulgent, doting, amorous << OPPOSITE indifferent adjective 2. unrealistic, empty, naive, vain, foolish, deluded, indiscreet, credulous, overoptimistic, delusive, delusory, absurd << OPPOSITE sensible >> fond of 3. attached to, in love with, keen on, attracted to, having a soft spot for, enamoured of 4. keen on, into (informal) hooked on, partial to, having a soft spot for, having a taste for, addicted to, having a liking for, predisposed towards, having a fancy for Translations (memory) → lieb; (hopes, dreams) → töricht; to be fond of → mögen; she's fond of swimming → le piace nuotare |
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Though totally without accomplishments, she is by no means so ignorant as one might expect to find her, being fond of books and spending the chief of her time in reading. She was fond of all boy's plays, and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls, but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush. But that I am fond of Wisdom, and often too fond, is because she remindeth me very strongly of Life! |
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