a. [f. FONDLE v. + -SOME.] Addicted to fondling.
1835. Beckford, Recoll., 36. It was quite delectable to witness with what cooings and comfortings the Lord Abbot of Alcobaça greeted his right reverend brethren of Aviz and St. Vincent’s—turtle-doves were never more fondlesome, at least in outward appearance.
