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overfondness

overfondness noun: excessive fondness.

Noun

overfondness (uncountable)

  1. Excessive fondness.
    • Pryor's overfondness for medium-tempo shuffles can make his shows a little predictable, and his stage presence is more sincere than flamboyant.1997 July 4, David Whiteis, “Snooky Pryor”, in Chicago Reader
    • Where those old songs give one a reassuring feeling even as they discuss personal calamities--losing a lover, or a job, or family, or discovering an overfondness for something addictive like alcohol, or pot, or, again, love--McFerrin's calamities are of the easily overcome, cardboard sort that...1988 December 23, Ted Cox, “Don't Worry--Turn the Radio Off”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of overfondness

From over- + fondness or from overfond + -ness.

Questions about overfondness

What does overfondness mean?
Overfondness means excessive fondness.
What part of speech is overfondness?
Overfondness is a noun.

Words near overfondness in the dictionary

  1. overfondle
  2. overfondled
  3. overfondles
  4. overfondling
  5. overfondly
  6. overfondness
  7. overfoolish
  8. overfoot
  9. overfooted
  10. overfooting
  11. overfoots

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