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fond

1  [fond]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. having a liking or affection for (usually fol. 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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME fond, fonned (ptp. of fonnen to be foolish, orig., to lose flavor, sour)

Synonyms:
2. cherishing. 5. infatuated. 6. gullible.
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Word Origin & History

fond 
c.1340, originally "foolish, silly," from pt. of fonnen "to fool, be foolish," perhaps from M.E. fonne "fool," of uncertain origin, or related to fun. Meaning evolved by 1590 via "foolishly tender" to "having strong affections for." Another sense of fonne was "to lose savor," which may be the original meaning of the word (e.g. Wyclif: "Gif þe salt be fonnyd it is not worþi," 1380).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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