fondling

noun

1. (obsolete)A foolish person.

   “Yet were her words and lookes but false and fayned, / To some hid end to make more easie way, / Or to allure such fondlings whom she trayned / Into her trap […].”

   “'How can you say I am harsh, you naughty fondling?' cried the mistress, amazed at the unreasonable assertion.”

2. A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
3. The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.

   “amorous fondling”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fondle