fondness
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being fond.
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tenderness or affection.
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doting affection.
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a liking or weakness for something.
He has a fondness for sweets.
- Synonyms:
- preference, partiality, predilection
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Archaic. complacent credulity; foolishness.
Other Word Forms
- self-fondness noun
Etymology
Origin of fondness
Example Sentences
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But as much as I can remember of it, I look back with fondness.
From Los Angeles Times
Another attraction was a fondness - some might say daftness - for asking all sorts of people to come along and DJ.
From BBC
A fondness for owning thinly traded investments in volatile companies contributed to swings in performance and its struggles to cash out clients for the full amounts they are due.
Still, I look back at that time with great fondness.
From Los Angeles Times
The 16th century’s fondness for treating Agnes/Anne and Hamnet/Hamlet as interchangeable versions of the same name is part of the plot and must be endured.
From Los Angeles Times
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