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Fondling   /fˈɑndəlɪŋ/  /fˈɑndlɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Fondle  v. t.  (past & past part. fondled; pres. part. fondling)  To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.
Synonyms: Syn.- See Caress.



noun
Fondling  n.  The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. "Cyrus made no... amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart."



Fondling  n.  
1.
A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection. "Fondlings are in danger to be made fools."
2.
A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. (Obs.)






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"Fondling" Quotes from Famous Books



... the men proclaimed this a miracle, always excepting Alcides, who, with a fierce expression on his face, stood now on one side, fondling his rifle. The other men chaffed him, and even insulted him, saying that he had made them struggle for nothing, as he did not know what he was about. When the rails and the rollers were placed right the canoe slid along the distance which remained to be covered, and eventually ...
— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... occasionally take the cigar from his own moustached lips and insert it in the urchin's mouth. The boy was the pet of the court, for the father was one of the valientes of the prison, and those who feared his prowess, and wished to pay their court to him, were always fondling the child. What an enigma is this world of ours! How dark and mysterious are the sources of what is called crime and virtue! If that infant wretch become eventually a murderer like his father, is he to blame? Fondled by robbers, already dressed as a robber, born of a robber, whose own history ...
— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

... through Mr. Clutterbuck's telescope at the edge of the terrace. The deaf old man stood beside her, fondling his beard, and reciting the names of the constellations: "Andromeda, Bootes, Sidonia, ...
— Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf

... should like Leam too," he said, fondling her, "I want you to love me, but you should ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876. • Various

... Missioner's face. Father Roland was staring into the trunk, an expression of great surprise in his countenance which slowly changed to one of eager joy. He made a sudden dive, and stood back with a pair of boxing gloves in his hands. From the gloves he looked at David, and then back at the gloves, fondling them as if they had been alive, his hands almost trembling at the smooth touch of them, his eyes glowing like the eyes of a child that had come into possession of a wonderful toy. David ...
— The Courage of Marge O'Doone • James Oliver Curwood


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