Reverse Dictionary: FOND

ADJECTIVES
► excessively fond → DOTING 1393
► dear, beloved; fond → TIT c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► ardently amorous; covetous of the love of another, fond, lustful → JEALOUS c1430 obs.
► loving, fond; affectionate → AFFECTIONED 1578 obs.
► having warm regard or love, loving, fond, tenderly-disposed → AFFECTIONATED 1580 obs.
► foolishly fond → MALLY 1592 obs.
► fond, affectionate; in love → FAIN 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► of a person: having warm regard or love; fond, loving, tenderly disposed → AFFECTIONAL 1689 obs. rare
► excessively fond of → BLOTEN 1691 Eng. dial.
► having a fondness or liking for something → PARTIAL TO 1696 UK
► enthusiastic about; fond of; having a strong liking for; sexually infatuated → MAD ABOUT 1744 UK
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → NUTS ABOUT 1785
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → NUTS ON 1785
► very fond of, obsessed with → NUTTY 19C sl.
► amorous, fond of, obsessed by → NUTTY UPON 19C sl.
► fond, doting; extremely eager → DAFT 1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► very fond of; determined to do something → DEAD ON M19 sl.
► very fond of → DEATH FOR M19 sl.
► very fond of → DEATH ON M19 sl.
► amorous, fond → KIPPERSOME 1859 Eng. dial.
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → HOT ON 1865
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → BIG ON 1867 orig. & chiefly US
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → WILD ABOUT 1868
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → KEEN ON 1889
► very fond of → DEAD NUTS ON Bk1892 Aust. sl.
► kind, fond → PARTIAL 1897 Eng. dial.
► fond → FAINSOME Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → CRAZY ABOUT 1904
► loving, fond → TICK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► fond of, attached to; careful of, solicitous about → TID • TIDD Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → NUTS OVER 1910s
► fond of, obsessed with → NUTTY ABOUT 1910s sl., orig. US
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → HIPPED ON 1920
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → POTTY ABOUT 1923
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → SOLD ON 1928
► fond of; liking → HIGH ON 1930s sl., orig. US
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → MAD KEEN ON 1949
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → STOKED ON 1963 orig. & chiefly surfing sl.
► fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → INTO 1969

ADVERBS
► lovingly, fondly; affectionately → AFFECTUALLY 1447 obs.
► affectionately, fondly; earnestly → AFFECTIONALLY 1603 obs.
► affectionately; with favourable disposition; in a kindly or loving manner; fondly  → AFFLY 1779
► fondly, kindly → VOGIE 1878 Sc.

NOUNS
► inclination towards, affection, liking, fondness of → AFFECTATION 1607 obs.
► liking, love, affection, fondness → FAINNESS 1779 Sc.
► fondness, liking → LOVESHIP 1955 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► to be dotingly fond of  → MADDLE (AFTER) c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for → BE KEEN OF 1788 Sc.
► to be much enamoured of a person, to be so fond of a person as to be blind to his failings → BE LAPPED UP IN 1876 Eng. dial.
► to have a fondness for; to like, to enjoy, to approve of; to be sentimentally fond → HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR 1902
► to look with pleasure or fondness → BLINK Bk1911 Sc.
► to be very fond of → GO A BUNDLE ON 1957 sl., orig. US