Definition of Fonder

1. Adjective. (comparative of fond) ¹

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Definition of Fonder

1. fond [adj] - See also: fond

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fonder

fomite
fomites
fomivirsen
fon
fonazine mesylate
fond
fond(p)
fond regard
fondaco
fondacos
fondant
fondants
fondas
fondation jean dausset-ceph
fonded
fonder (current term)
fondest
fonding
fondle
fondleable
fondled
fondler
fondlers
fondles
fondling
fondlingly
fondlings
fondly
fondness
fondnesses

Literary usage of Fonder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... king (Achilles thus replies) 155 Fond of the pow'r, but fonder of the prize ! him in two particulars, that he had affronted the ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... that this revival was a very reasonable consequence of the increased stimulus to literary composition in the North—always fonder of alliterative rhythm, ..."

3. Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson: An Historical Biography Based on Letters and by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1888)
"... Letter to Mr. Greville— Her Shawls and Attitudes—She originates ' the Shawl Dance '—Emma at Caserta—An Hour's Absence makes the Heart grow fonder. ..."

4. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"Or meets his spouse's fonder t. O. iii. 31 The triumph ceas'd, (ears g^ush'd from ev'ry f. PC 33 I Then prostrate falls, and be<s with ardent f. RL ii. ..."

5. Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Private Corporations by Edward Henry Warren (1909)
"The bill was filed by Charles Section, on behalf of himself and all other shareholders in the Credit fonder and Mobilier of England, Limited, ..."

6. The Law Reports by Great Britain Court of Chancery, George Wirgman Hemming (1870)
"17 & 18, Cornhill, which was the office of the Credit Fancier ; and that Alfred Lowe (the then secretary of the Credit fonder) would be the secretary, ..."

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