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Benin native
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fon
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Etymology 1 (rfv-sense) (context obsolete English) foolish; simple; silly. n. (rfv-sense) (context obsolete English) A fool or idiot. Etymology 2 v (rfv-sense) (context intransitive obsolete English) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote. Etymology ...
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A Fon is a chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon , especially among the Widikum , Tikar , and Bamiléké peoples of the Bamenda grass fields (the Northwest , West Region) and the Lebialem of the South West Region. Though once independent rulers, most ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fon \Fon\ (f[o^]n), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. f[=a]ni silly, f[=a]na to act silly, Sw. f[*a]ne fool. Cf. Fond , a.] A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Usage examples of fon.
I am Fon Twizzledale, like to be, so they tell me, Wizardly in persuasion.
Across the fire Fon Twizzledale stared at her, his head cocked to one side.
You have met the Fon, offspring of some great Demesne away south where I have never traveled though I would much like to go.
You are the Fon, whatever a Fon may be, of some place no one has ever heard of.
Seer, knew that the Fon had penetrated at least part of her identity, but let the feminine identification go by without protest.
At last the Fon had asked every question which could be asked and had set to brewing tea over a handful of coals, humming to himself as he did so.
Proom crouched by the fire, humming a descant, and soon a full dozen of the shadowpeople were gathered at the fire in full contrapuntal hum, which seemed to disturb the Fon not at all.
The Fon and I are young enough to need help, therefore too young to be trusted when we ask for it.
The little people will be there, and the Fon, and old Blourbast with his armies and his foul sister.
She opened it to let Windlow and the Fon come in, Boldery close behind them bearing a wrapped gift.
The Fon held out his hand to her, but she only smiled at him, using her own hands to gather her skirts.
Looking down, she saw pombi feet, Fon feet, and Mavin feet all in movement, pom, pom, pom, pom, as the bright music tootled and bammed around them.
From the back of it, an apple-cheeked old woman nodded at them with a smile of surprise, tossing out a biscuit which the Fon caught between his teeth.
The place where she resided, seems to have been named from the worship there instituted: for Endor is compounded of En-Ador, and signifies Fons Pythonis, the fountain of light, the oracle of the God Ador.
I should judge to be a compound of Vir-En, and to signify ignis fons, from being dedicated to the Deity of fire, on account of some particular quality.