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Webster 1913 Edition
Fondling
Fon′dling
,Noun.
[From
Fondle
.] The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
Cyrus made no . . . amorous
To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart.
fondling
To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart.
Mickle.
Fond′ling
,Noun.
[
Fond
+ -ling
.] 1.
A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection.
Fondlings
are in danger to be made fools. L’Estrange.
2.
A fool; a simpleton; a ninny.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fondling
FOND'LING
,ppr.
FOND'LING
,Noun.
Definition 2025
fondling
fondling
English
Noun
fondling (plural fondlings)
- (obsolete) A foolish person.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- Yet were her words and lookes but false and fayned, / To some hid end to make more easie way, / Or to allure such fondlings whom she trayned / Into her trap […].
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Vol. I, ch. 10:
- 'How can you say I am harsh, you naughty fondling?' cried the mistress, amazed at the unreasonable assertion.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
Translations
a pet or person
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
fondling
- present participle of fondle
Derived terms
Noun
fondling (plural fondlings)
- The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
- Mickle
- Cyrus made no […] amorous fondling / To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart.
- Mickle
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967