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Synonyms for fonder

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fond
Phonetic Transcription : fÉ’nd

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Définition of fonder

Origin :
  • mid-14c., originally "foolish, silly," from past tense of fonnen "to fool, be foolish," perhaps from Middle English fonne "fool" (early 14c.), of uncertain origin; or possibly 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," c.1380). Related: Fonder; fondest.
  • adj have a liking or taste for
Example sentences :
  • I am fonder of you than any other man I know, but it is the fondness of long friendship.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • It's fonder she was of Michael, and would any one have thought that?
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • They were not fonder of the lock-up than are most boys who deserve that punishment.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • One young lady declared that she was fonder of music than anything in the world.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • There is nothing I am fonder of—— Sometimes I tickle the soles of my feet with it.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • "You seem to be fonder of me than you were a while ago," observed the jelly-fish, dryly.
  • Extract from : « Prince Vance » by Eleanor Putnam
  • He who toils in it loves it with a fonder love than the great lord who owns it.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • I've always been fonder of you than any of the others and I'm mighty fond of them.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • She is fonder of me than ever; prest me to go with her to Maryland this Winter.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782 » by Lucinda Lee Orr
  • He was as fond of Czipra as he was of Melanie, and fonder of the boy than either.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

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