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2. poultice, embrocate, plaster, stupe, Obs. stive; heat, warm; bathe, wash.

fomentation, n. 1. instigation, incitement, incitation, provocation, actuation, initiation; encouragement, urge, urging, abetment, abetting, spurring, goading, prompting; agitation, excitement, excitation, suscitation, arousal, inflammation; stimulus, fillip, incentive, provocative, Sl. shot in the arm; stimulation, animation, invigoration, motivation, galvanization, inspiration, vivification, rallying, enlivening, livening up, awakening, waking up, shaking up, reviving; promotion, lurtherance, advancement, advance; support, advocacy, patronage.
2. embrocation; bathing, washing; heating, warming.
3. poultice, counterirritant, mustard plaster, plaster; liniment, ointment, salve, liquid, oil, lotion.

fond, adj. 1. Usu.

fond of partial to, having a liking for, having a taste for, having a fancy for; in love with, Inf. sweet on, enamored of, infatuated with, Sl. stuck on, Sl. hooked on, addicted to.
2. loving, adoring, affectionate, tender, warm, caring.
3. overindulgent, doting, overfond, excessively attached or devoted, uxorious.

fondle, v. caress, stroke gently, pet, pat; hold, hug, clasp, embrace, cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nuzzle; kiss, osculate, Inf. make out, Inf. neck, spoon, Inf. smooch; Inf. pet, Sl. canoodle, Sl. feel up, rub, massage, handle, Inf. paw; toy with, play with, play footsie with, Both Euph. fool around, mess around.

fondness, n. 1. affection, affectionateness, tenderness, love, Fr. amour,; kindness, care, devotion, attachment.
2. liking, like, taste for, eye for, weakness; partiality, preference, inclination, leaning, tendency toward; penchant for, desire, fancy.
3. overindulgence, dotingness, excessive devotion or attachment, uxoriousness.

food, n. 1. nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, subsistence; aliment, viands, bread, foodstuffs, solids, edibles, Inf. grub, Sl. eats, Sl. chow, Chiefly Brit. Sl. scoff; victuals, provisions, rations, commons, comestibles, Western U.S. Sl. chuck, Brit. Sl. prog; board, fare, meals, menu, table,diet, regimen; mess, swill, Inf. glop, Sl. slop.
2. See - fodder.

fool, n. 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo-yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain, Sl. flake, rattlehead, rattlebrain, rattlepate, harebrain, Sl. dingbat, Sl. ding-a-ling; featherbrain, addle-brain, addle-head, addle-pate, pinhead; dolt, clod, oaf, dunce, Inf. chump, Inf. coot, dullard, Inf. numskull; dope, booby, Inf. dummy, Sl. dumbbell, Sl. meatball or meathead; blockhead, beetlehead, bonehead, dunderhead, dunderpate, chucklehead, Sl. dumbhead, Sl. lunkhead, Inf. knucklehead, Sl. stupidhead; donkey, ass, lubber, lout; ignoramus, know-nothing, lowbrow, illiterate.
2. jester, clown, Archaic, antic, zany, buffoon, droll, jokester, Inf. stooge, wiseacre, merry-andrew; scaramouch, punchinello, pierrot, harlequin, punch.
3. dupe, gull, Brit. Dial, cull, Sl. pigeon; butt, sap, gudgeon, tool, cat's paw; sucker, victim, easy mark, fall guy, sitting duck, Inf. goat; pushover, cinch, greenhorn.
4. be nobody's fool be wise, be sagacious; be shrewd, be astute, be sharp, be canny; be sly, SI. savvy, be cunning, be crafty; be perceptive, be discerning, be perspicacious.