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fond·ness

   [fond-nis]
noun
1.
the state or quality of being fond.
2.
tenderness or affection.
3.
doting affection.
4.
a liking or weakness for something: He has a fondness for sweets.
5.
Archaic. complacent credulity; foolishness.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see fond1, -ness

Related forms
self-fond·ness, noun

Synonyms
4. predilection, partiality, preference.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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fond1 (fɒnd)
 
—adj (foll by of)
1.  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, dialect or
 a.  foolish
 b.  credulous
 
[C14 fonned, from fonnen to be foolish, from fonne a fool]
 
'fondly1
 
—adv
 
'fondness1
 
—n

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