Adjective

(en adjective)

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

* 1791 , , volume 1, page 238:

Johnson was truly zealous for the success of "The Adventurer;" and very soon after his engaging in it, he wrote the following letter:

* 1896 , , A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (2004 edition), page 122:

Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.

* 1940 , Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940 , page 61:

and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.

* 2011 April 4, " Newt Gingrich," Time (retrieved 9 Sept 2013):

Newt Gingrich . . . left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.

Adjective

(er)

(chiefly, with of) Having a liking or affection (for).

* Shakespeare

more fond on her than she upon her love

* Irving

a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

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a fond farewell

a fond mother or wife

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I have fond grandparents who spoil me.

; foolish; silly.

Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.

(obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.

* Shakespeare

Grant I may never prove so fond / To trust man on his oath or bond.

(obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.

* Byron

Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.