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Other artists got to do big-gun official portraits, the kind that turned a pawky prince into Adonis or Zeus. Maria Theresa asked Liotard to draw portraits of her children, intimate pictures that a fond mother could carry on her travels.

 paw 

noun

• an animal’s foot having claws and pads.
•  informal a person’s hand:the Internet is the easiest way to get your paws on mucky pictures

verb

[with object]

• (of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof:the horse rose up, its forelegs pawing the air[no object]:young dogs may paw at the floor and whine
•  informal (of a person) touch or handle clumsily or lasciviously:some overweight Casanova had tried to paw her

 pawky
(pô'kē)
adj. Chiefly British, -i·er, -i·est.
Shrewd and cunning, often in a humorous manner.

[From English dialectal pawk, a trick.]

Definition of fond

adjective

[predic.] (fond of)

• having an affection or liking for:I’m very fond of Mike he was not too fond of dancing
• [attributive] affectionate; loving:waving a fond farewell to her parents reading it brought many fond memories of our childhood
• [attributive] (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive.

Derivatives

fondly

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'infatuated, foolish'): from obsolete fon 'a fool, be foolish', of unknown origin. Compare with fun

fondant

(fŏn'dənt)
n.

1. A sweet creamy sugar paste used in candies and icings.
2. A candy containing this paste.

[French, from present participle of fondre, to melt, from Latin fundere.]