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Word of the Week: Fond

Word of the Week: Fond

fond

[fond]

(adjective)

Fond means having a liking or an affection for.

Valentine’s Day provides a tremendous opportunity to show how fond we are of the people we love.

(Middle English) fond, fonned-past participle of fonnen-to be foolish

First used in 1300

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The Word of the Week (WOW) program was inaugurated at the Muhlenberg School District in 2010 and for the past eight years, the school district, local community and beyond have been involved in promoting literacy through the Word of the Week (WOW) vocabulary initiative.