Obs. rare–1. [f. FOND a.; ? after analogy of SCOUNDREL, etc.] A simpleton, ninny.
1614. Sco. Venus (1876), 27.
| | No lisping tongue that fondrels count a grace, |
| But doth to well tun’d harmony incline, |
| A necke inferior nought vnto the face, |
| And breasts most apt for to be prest by thine. |
