The girl had a look of fondness in her eyes.
He grew exceeding fat as a result of his fondness for cream cakes and cheeseburgers.
I collect a fondness of Bibliomania.
I've always had a special fondness for my niece, who has suffered a long illness so bravely.
His fondness for cream cakes and cheeseburgers caused him to grow extremely fat.
There is not a word which is spelled as fondles. There is fondness which is a noun. A sentence would be: The little girl had a deep fondness and love for her grandmother.
(The adjective uxorious means showing excessive fondness to one's wife.) His uxorious fawning aside, he secretly resented his wife's success.
The noun form for the adjective fond is fondness.
An excessive fondness for or desire to use big words.
fondness, liking, tendency, bias
The word fondness is a noun. It is an uncountable noun.
At school the other boys made fun of his effeminate behavior and fondness for wearing fluorescent socks.