Webster's Dictionary 1828

1594

FOMENTATION

FOMENTA'TION, noun1. The act of applying warm liquors to a part of the body, by means of flannels dipped in hot water or medicated decoctions, for the purpose of easing pain, by...

1595

FOMENTED

FOMENT'ED, participle passive Bathed with warm lotions; encouraged.

1596

FOMENTER

FOMENT'ER, noun One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as a fomenter of sedition.

1597

FOMENTING

FOMENT'ING, participle present tense1. Applying warm lotions.2. Encouraging; abetting; promoting.

1598

FON

FON, noun A fool; an idiot. obsolete

1599

FOND

FOND, adjective1. Foolish; silly; weak; indiscreet; imprudent;Grant I may never prove so fondTo trust man on his oath or bond.FOND thoughts may fall into some idle brain.2. Fool...

1600

FONDLE

FOND'LE, verb transitive To treat with tenderness; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

1601

FONDLED

FOND'LED, participle passive Treated with affection; caressed.

1602

FONDLER

FOND'LER, noun One who fondles.

1603

FONDLING

FOND'LING, participle present tense Caressing; treating with tenderness.FOND'LING, noun A person or thing fondled or caressed.

1604

FONDLY

FOND'LY, adverb1. Foolishly; weakly; imprudently; with indiscreet affection.Fondly we think we merit honor then,When we but praise ourselves in other men.2. With great or extrem...

1605

FONDNESS

FOND'NESS, noun1. Foolishness; weakness; want of sense or judgment. obsolete2. Foolish tenderness.3. Tender passion; warm affection.Her fondness for a certain earl began when I ...

1606

FONT

FONT, noun [Latin fundo, to pour out.]A large basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing children or other persons in the church.FONT, noun [Latin fundo, to...

1607

FONTAL

FONT'AL, adjective Pertaining to a fount, fountain, source or origin.

1608

FONTANEL

FONT'ANEL, noun1. An issue for the discharge of humors from the body.2. A vacancy in the infant cranium, between the frontal and parietal bones, and also between the parietal an...

1609

FONTANGE

FONTANGE, noun fontanj'.A knot of ribbons on the top of a head-dress.

1610

FOOD

FOOD, noun [See Feed.]1. In a general sense, whatever is eaten by animals for nourishment, and whatever supplies nutriment to plants.2. Meat; aliment; flesh or vegetables eaten ...

1611

FOODFUL

FOOD'FUL, adjective Supplying food; full of food.

1612

FOODLESS

FOOD'LESS, adjective Without food; destitute of provisions; barren.

1613

FOODY

FOOD'Y, adjective Eatable; fit for food. [Not used.]

1614

FOOL

FOOL, noun [Heb.]1. One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding; an idiot. Some persons are born fools, and are called natural fools; others may become...

1615

FOOLBORN

FOOL'BORNadjective Foolish from the birth.

1616

FOOLED

FOOL'ED, participle passive Disappointed; defeated; deceived; imposed on.

1617

FOOLERY

FOOL'ERY, noun1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles.2. An act of folly or weakness.3. Object of folly.

1618

FOOLHAPPY

FOOL'HAPPY, adjective Lucky without judgment or contrivance.

1619

FOOLHARDINESS

FOOLH'ARDINESS, noun Courage without sense or judgment; mad rashness.

1620

FOOLHARDISE

FOOLH'ARDISE, noun Foolhardiness. [Not in use.]