fond
having or displaying warmth or affection
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,313 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,944 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having or displaying warmth or affection also: affectionate, lovesome, tender affectionate childrena fond embrace
- extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent also: adoring, doting adoring grandparentsdeceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
- (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for also: partial fond of chocolatepartial to horror movies
- absurd or silly because unlikely fond hopes of becoming Presidentfond fancies
fond in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She has reason to be fond of me.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Ah just laments of my unjust distress, Ah fond desires whom reason could not guide!
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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None saw the fond embracing, save, shining from afar, The Golden Goose that watched them from the tower of Valdemar.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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She was fond of good living, spent a good deal on her food, and bought wine by the half cask.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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And when, after a good many childless years, she brought him a girl and boy, he became excessively fond of his children.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1