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fondness

noun
/ˈfɑndnəs/US/ˈfɒndnəs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English fondnes, fondnesse, fonnednesse, equivalent to fond + -ness.

  1. inherited from fondnes

Definitions

  1. The quality of being fond

    The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.

    • Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fondness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fondness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at fondness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA