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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



... lifted the cat, and came back with him in her arms. He was certainly a magnificent animal. A chinchilla grey Persian with long silky hair; a really lordly animal with a haughty bearing despite his gentleness; and with great paws which spread out as he placed them on the ground. Whilst she was fondling him, he suddenly gave a wriggle like an eel and slipped out of her arms. He ran across the room and stood opposite a low table on which stood the mummy of an animal, and began to mew and snarl. Miss Trelawny was after him in an instant and lifted him in her arms, kicking and struggling and ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker
... meantime, however, Mrs Clayton had taken the infant out of the mate's arms, while the little boy was snatched away by Ellen Barrow and the rest of the young ladies, who kept fondling him among them, and showing that they would do their best to spoil him before the voyage ...
— Mark Seaworth • William H.G. Kingston
... arms, hugging her to him and thanking God a dozen times for her preservation. But his kissing and fondling her had very little effect now, for she did not answer him by licking or soft looks, but stayed huddled up and sullen, with her hair bristling on her neck and her ears laid back every time he touched her. At first he ...
— Lady Into Fox • David Garnett
... disfigured and perverted; while those of the orchestral conductor—however politely meant they may be—are none the less injurious: like the caresses of the ass in the fable, who crushed his master while fondling him. ...
— The Orchestral Conductor - Theory of His Art • Hector Berlioz
... Arthur would have known what was wanting to its completeness, though he had never heard of the words Little mother; though he had never seen the fondling of the small spare hand; though he had had no sight for the tears now standing in the colourless eyes; though he had had no hearing for the sob that checked the clumsy laugh. The dirty gateway with the wind ...
— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens


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