à fondadv.

Brit.

/a ˈfɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌɑ ˈfɔnd/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à fond.

Etymology: < French à fond completely, thoroughly (1656; compare earlier tout au fond (1539 in Middle French)) < à to + fond bottom, depth (see fond n.²).Not fully naturalized in English.

Thoroughly, in depth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly

well-a-finec1330

well and truly1348

well and finec1430

of all four sides1490

à fond1813

all to splinters1884

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches 9 May (1838) X. 366 That which ought to be done is to examine a subject of this kind à fond.

1869 G. Dubourg in J. E. Carpenter Public School Speaker & Reader 557 Italian she must know à fond.

1904 J. Conrad Let. 22 Nov. (1988) III. 183 I am bitterly ashamed of my criminal remissness in writing to you; but you know me enough à fond to understand my state of utter exhaustion.

1940 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Provinc. Lady in Wartime 252 We hold very brief discussion as to the degree of dryness required in sherry, in which I hope I produce an effect of knowing the subject a fond.

1969 C. Irving Fake! (1970) xix. 234 I don't think there's anyone in the whole art world who knows more about Modigliani than I do. I know him à fond.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	à fond
释义	à fondadv. Brit. /a ˈfɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌɑ ˈfɔnd/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à fond. Etymology: < French à fond completely, thoroughly (1656; compare earlier tout au fond (1539 in Middle French)) < à to + fond bottom, depth (see fond n.²).Not fully naturalized in English. Thoroughly, in depth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly well-a-finec1330 well and truly1348 well and finec1430 of all four sides1490 à fond1813 all to splinters1884 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches 9 May (1838) X. 366 That which ought to be done is to examine a subject of this kind à fond. 1869 G. Dubourg in J. E. Carpenter Public School Speaker & Reader 557 Italian she must know à fond. 1904 J. Conrad Let. 22 Nov. (1988) III. 183 I am bitterly ashamed of my criminal remissness in writing to you; but you know me enough à fond to understand my state of utter exhaustion. 1940 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Provinc. Lady in Wartime 252 We hold very brief discussion as to the degree of dryness required in sherry, in which I hope I produce an effect of knowing the subject a fond. 1969 C. Irving Fake! (1970) xix. 234 I don't think there's anyone in the whole art world who knows more about Modigliani than I do. I know him à fond. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1813
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