Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works

fond foolish, simple, silly: “this fond Love,” THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, iv. 4. 192 ; “fond sicles,” MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ii. 2. 149 (=foolishly valued); “fond wretch,” MEASURE FOR MEASURE, v. 1. 105 ; “how fond I am,” A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, iii. 2. 317 ; “thou art so fond,” THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, iii. 3. 9 ; “so fond to overcome,” AS YOU LIKE IT, ii. 3. 7 ; “Fond done” ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, i. 3. 68 (=foolishly done,— but the line seems to be corrupted); “fond mad woman,” RICHARD II., v. 2. 95 ; “fond woman,” RICHARD II., v. 2. 101 ;TITUS ANDRONICUS, ii. 3. 172; “thou fond many,” 2 HENRY IV., i. 3. 91 ; “to see your ladyship so fond,” 1 HENRY VI., ii. 3. 45 ; “If it be fond,” 2 HENRY VI., iii. 1. 36 ; “this fond affiance,” 2 HENRY VI., iii. 1. 74 ; “I wonder he is so fond,” RICHARD III., iii. 2. 26 ; “I, too fond,” RICHARD III., iii. 4. 83 ; “this fond exploit,” RICHARD III., v. 3. 330 ; “'Tis fond to wail,” CORIOLANUS, iv. 1. 26 ; “fond mad man,” ROMEO AND JULIET, iii. 3. 52 ; “prove so fond,” TIMON OF ATHENS, i. 2. 62 ; “fond men,” TIMON OF ATHENS, iii. 5. 42 ; “Be not fond,” JULIUS CAESAR, iii. 1. 39 ; “an idle and fond bondage,” KING LEAR, i. 2. 47 ; “fond paradoxes,” OTHELLO, ii. 1. 138 ; “peevishfond,” RICHARD III., iv. 4. 417 (see peevish); “fonder than ignorance,” TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, i. 1. 10.