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fondness|ˈfɒndnɪs|
[f. fond a. + -ness.]
1. Foolishness, folly; ‘weakness; want of sense or judgement’ (J.); an instance of this. Obs. exc. dial.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 266 Þei seyn þat þe speche of holy writt is fals þat reuersiþ here owene fonnydnesse. 1434Misyn Mending of Life 116 Slike lufe truly in þe begynnyng is labyr & fondnes. 1460J. Capgrave Chron., 6 Hen. III (Rolls) 151 In his fonnednesse he wold sey that he was so arayed for savacion of the world. 1533Frith Answ. More G j, It were fondnes to fayne that the soule did other wise eate then do the Angellys in heauen. 1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. iv. (1623) H j, Others seeing the fondnesse of this opinion haue..taught that the Drone is a different species. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) I. iv. 85 Lord Lincoln..was the mimic of his fulsome fondnesses and follies. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Fondness, foolishness.
2. Foolish affection; unreasoning tenderness.
1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 76 Persons..which suffer themselves to be overcome with such passions and fondness in their mourning. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 889 Neither his goodness being Fondness, nor his Justice Cruelty. 1702Eng. Theophrast. 4 The players like their parts to a Fondness. 1727Gay Fables i. iii. 31 By partial fondness shown, Like you, we doat upon our own. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 236 The object of her fondness was Spencer Cowper, who was already married.
3. Affectionateness, tenderness.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iv. 28 The generall subiect to a wel-wisht king..in obsequious fondnesse Crowd to his presence. 1703Rules of Civility 25 It is not discreet for a man to express too much Fondness of his Wife before Company. 1727Swift To very yng. Lady Wks. 1755 II. ii. 41, I must likewise warn you..against the least degree of fondness to your husband before any witness whatsoever. 1782H. More Moses i. 5 A mother's fondness reigns Without a rival. 1838Lytton Alice i. iii, The curate..was not insensible to the fondness of his beautiful pupil. 1868Helps Realmah xv. (1876) 400 The fondness of her words did not console him.
4. Instinctive or unreasoning liking or partiality; strong inclination, propensity or desire. Const. for, † of, † to, also † to with inf.
1654Hammond Fundamentals xviii, Through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sinne in themselves. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. x. (1845) 335 So conspicuous is this Creatures fondness of Light. 1713Steele Guardian No. 1 ⁋1 They have a restless fondness for satisfying the world in the Mistakes [etc.]. 1735Mrs Whiteway Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 141 Mr. ―'s great fondness to get his wife home, was to stop a prosecution she had begun against him. 1754Richardson Grandison I. viii. 40 Will he not attribute all I shall repeat of this sort..to that fondness of admiration. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. 314 He showed no fondness for war. 1885Clodd Myths & Dr. i. v. 94 The fondness of the negro races..for such fables is well known. |