fawn
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French faon.
[edit] Noun
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fawn (plural fawns)
- A young deer.
- (color/colour) A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
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fawn colour:
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young deer
colour
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fawn (not comparable)
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- (color/colour) Of the fawn colour.
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pertaining to the colour
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[edit] Etymology 2
Akin to Old Norse fagna (“‘to rejoice’”)[1]
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to fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)
- (intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
- (intransitive) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.
- (intransitive, of a dog) To wag its tail, to show devotion.
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seek favour by flattery
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[edit] See also
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- Notes:
- ^ fawn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
