fondness (n.) Old form(s): fondnesse
foolish affection, naive devotion
AW I.iii.165[Countess to Helena] My fear hath catched your fondness
H8 III.i.131[Queen Katherine to Campeius and Wolsey, of King Henry] Have I ... / Been, out of fondness, superstitious to him
MM II.iv.28[Angelo alone] The general, subject to a well-wished king, / Quit their own part, and in obsequious fondness / Crowd to his presence
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