Fondest vs Findest - What's the difference?
fondest | findest |
(fond)
(chiefly, with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
* Shakespeare
* Irving
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, title=
, chapter=1 ; foolish; silly.
(obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
* Byron
The background design in lace-making.
(cooking) brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
(obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
* Dryden
(find)
* {{quote-book, year=1831, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Sartor Resartus, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The drop which thou shakest from thy wet hand, rests not where it falls, but to-morrow thou findest it swept away; already on the wings of the North-wind, it is nearing the Tropic of Cancer. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1872, author=J. Fenimore Cooper, title=The Bravo, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Remember, that as thou findest favor with the council, thine own fate will be decided." }}
* {{quote-book, year=1903, author=Philip P. Wells, title=Bible Stories and Religious Classics, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Seek and what thou findest that is thine, take with thee. }}
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As an adjective fondest
is superlative of fond.As a verb findest is
archaic second-person singular of find.fondest
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Adjective
(head)fond
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Adjective
(er)- more fond on her than she upon her love
- a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures
- a fond farewell
- a fond mother or wife
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- I have fond grandparents who spoil me.
- Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.
- Grant I may never prove so fond / To trust man on his oath or bond.
- Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* fondly * fondness * overfondNoun
(en noun)- He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.
Verb
(en verb)- The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.
findest
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