fondling

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Noun

fondling (plural fondlings)

1. (obsolete) A foolish person.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:

     Yet were her words and lookes but false and fayned, / To some hid end to make more easie way, / Or to allure such fondlings whom she trayned / Into her trap […].

2. A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.

Translations

• Russian: люби́мец

Verb

1. present participle of fondle#English|fondle

Noun

fondling (plural fondlings)

1. The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.

   • Cyrus made no […] amorous fondling / To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart.

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