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oderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather. Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst. Milton. Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. Ecclus. xxiii. 13.

ty. Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. Rambler.

To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. Shak.

away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8.

A small dog fondled in the lap.

One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

o judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client." Macaulay. Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who guarrels move. Donne.

Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. Fenton.

e joyful or jovial. -- To make much of, to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. -- To make no bones. See under Bone, n. -- To make no difference, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. -- To make no doubt, to have no doubt. -- To make no matter, to have…

Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Man"nish*ly,adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n.

Delicate fondling. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A fontanel.

A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.

Fond of woman. [R.] Charles Reade.

A fondness for women. [R.] Dr. H. More.

One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon. Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers. Milton.

To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [R.]

Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [R.]

Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.