fondu [fon-doo, -dyoo, fon-doo, -dyoo for 1; French fawn-dy for 1, 2] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
noun, plural fon·dus [French -dy] /French -ˈdü/.
- Ballet. a slow bending of the supporting leg.
Origin of fondu 1840–50; French, past participle of fondre to melt, found3 Examples from the Web for fondu Historical Examples of fondu
It should be only half filled, as the fondu will rise very high.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)
Mrs. F.L. Gillette
All was delightfully dead as the most advanced antiquarian could desire when we drew up at the Fondu de los Italianos.
Charles W. Wood