Dishonest fomentation of your pride.
Young.
Fo*ment"er (?), n. One who foments; one who encourages or instigates;
as, a fomenter of sedition.
||Fo"mes (f"mz), n.; pl. Fomites (fm"*tz). [L. fomes, -itis,
||touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of
||absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious
||germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.
Fon (fn), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fni silly, fna to act silly,
Sw. fÂne fool. Cf. Fond, a.] A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fond (?), obs. imp. of Find. Found. Chaucer.
Fond, a. [Compar. Fonder (?); superl. Fondest.] [For fonned, p. p. of
OE. fonnen to be foolish. See Fon.] 1. Foolish; silly; simple; weak.
[Archaic]
Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond.
Shak.