If you are fond of someone, you feel affection for them. I am very fond of Michael She was especially fond of a little girl named Betsy. + fondness fond·ness a great fondness for children
If you have fond memories of someone or something, you remember them with pleasure. I have very fond memories of living in our village. = pleasant + fondly fond·ly My dad took us there when I was about four and I remembered it fondly
absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies