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fondu

[fon-doo, -dyoo, fon-doo, -dyoo for 1; French fawn-dy for 1, 2]
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adjective
  1. fondue(def 4).
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noun, plural fon·dus [French -dy] /French -ˈdü/.
  1. Ballet. a slow bending of the supporting leg.
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Origin of fondu

1840–50; < French, past participle of fondre to melt, found3
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Historical Examples

  • It should be only half filled, as the fondu will rise very high.

    The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)

    Mrs. F.L. Gillette

  • All was delightfully dead as the most advanced antiquarian could desire when we drew up at the Fondu de los Italianos.

    Glories of Spain

    Charles W. Wood