FromMiddle Englishfondnes,fondnesse,fonnednesse, equivalent tofond +-ness.
fondness (countable anduncountable,pluralfondnesses)
- The quality of beingfond:likingsomething,foolishness;dotingaffection;propensity.
1927-29,M.K. Gandhi, “Part I, Chapter xvii”, inThe Story of My Experiments with Truth[1], translated1940 byMahadev Desai:I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, thefondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind.
2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, inCNN[2]:Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensiblefondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.
the quality of being fond
- Bulgarian:нежност (bg) f(nežnost),привързаност (bg) f(privǎrzanost)
- Czech:záliba (cs) f,láska (cs) f,slabost (cs) f
- French:affection (fr) f
- German:Vorliebe (de) f
- Irish:caithis f,gile (ga) f
- Japanese:好き (ja)(すき suki),好み (ja)(このみ konomi),嗜好 (ja)(しこう shikō)
- Maori:kanehetanga
- Russian:не́жность (ru) f(néžnostʹ),любо́вь (ru) f(ljubóvʹ),привя́занность (ru) f(privjázannostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic:dèidh f
- Spanish:apego (es) m,querencia (es)
- Ukrainian:любо́в (uk)(ljubóv),ні́жність(nížnistʹ)
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