Fondlesome

God, I love the OED. I love it because it says everything, no matter how silly, with a face as straight as a heterosexual arrow. For example:

fondlesome, adj.


Pronunciation: /ˈfɒnd(ə)lsəm/
Etymology: FONDLE V. + -SOME suffix2.


Addicted to fondling.


1835 W. Beckford Recoll. 36 Turtle doves were never more fondlesome.




Incidentally, the first proper villanelle was written about a lonely turtle dove. More on that some other time. I must feed my addiction.