a. [f. FOND a. + -ISH.] Somewhat fond. b. dial. (See quot. 1876.)

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1834.  J. Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ, in Blackw. Mag., XXXV. 860. For an old man, Sam, fondish of literature, nothing like a suburban summer residence like the Lodge.

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1876.  Whitby Gloss., Fondish, shallow in point of intellect; whimsical.

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