faunlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

faun +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

faunlike (comparative more faunlike, superlative most faunlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a faun.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
      Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.
    • 1977 April 30, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
      WASPy GWM, impractically educated, clever but uncynical, slender physique but good torso (otherwise mildly unprepossessing) — 30ish but the skinny beardless faun-like demeanor is initially deceptive.