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fondness

fond·ness

Today it means: The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity. Full definition →

Middle English fondnes

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Middle English · inherited fromfondnes
English todayfondness

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.