n. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fāni silly, fāna to act silly, Sw. fåne fool. Cf. Fond, a. ]font> A fool; an idiot. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ Obs. ]font> Chaucer. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
obs. imp. of Find. Found. Chaucer. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
v. i. To be fond; to dote. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ Obs. ]font> Shak. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
v. t. To caress; to fondle. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ Obs. ]font> <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. Dryden. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
a.
Grant I may never prove so fond
To trust man on his oath or bond. Shak. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
More fond on her than she upon her love. Shak. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
You are as fond of grief as of your child. Shak. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. Irving. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. Byron. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
n. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ F., fr. L. fundus. See Fund. ]font> <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ Obs., or used as a French word ]font>
‖n. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ F., lit., melting, p. pr. of fondre to melt, L. fundere. See Found to cast. ]font> A kind of soft candy, made of a thick creamy sugar paste by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, and usually molded;
v. t. & i. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ AS. fandian to try. ]font> To endeavor; to strive; to try. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ Obs. ]font> Chaucer. <font color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>
v. t.
n. One who fondles. Johnson. <font class='text-text-gray-light'>[ 1913 Webster ]font>