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- DictionaryFond/fänd/
adjective
- 1. having an affection or liking for: "I'm very fond of Mike" Similar keen onpartial toaddicted toenthusiastic aboutpassionate aboutattached toattracted toenamored ofin love withwith a soft spot forinformal:intohooked ongone onwild aboutnuts aboutcrazy aboutsweet onstruck onpotty aboutdotty aboutOpposite indifferent to
- ▪ affectionate; loving: "waving a fond farewell to her parents" Similar adoringdevoteddotinglovingcaringaffectionatewarmtenderkindattentivesolicitousindulgentoverindulgentoverfondOpposite unfeeling
- ▪ (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive. Similar unrealisticnaivefoolishfoolishly optimisticoveroptimisticdeludeddelusoryabsurdemptyvainrare:PanglossianOpposite realistic
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘infatuated, foolish’): from obsolete fon ‘a fool, be foolish’, of unknown origin. Compare with fun.
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