Fond
imp. of Find. Found.
Foolish; silly; simple; weak.
Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.
Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on).
Doted on; regarded with affection.
Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.
To caress; to fondle.
To be fond; to dote.
Foundation; bottom; groundwork;
The ground.
The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce.
Fund, stock, or store.
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Fond Quotations
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Winston Churchill
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle
I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.
Voltaire
It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.
Robert E. Lee
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Jane Austen
People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
Ogden Nash
I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.
Frank Sinatra
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
Jonathan Swift
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.
John Gay
Fond Translations
fond in Swedish is tycka om
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