fawn
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French faon.
Noun [edit]
fawn (plural fawns)
- A young deer.
- A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
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fawn colour:
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- (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
- Holland
- [The tigress] […] followeth […] after her fawns.
- Holland
Translations [edit]
young deer
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colour
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Adjective [edit]
fawn (not comparable)
- Of the fawn colour.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
pertaining to the colour
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Verb [edit]
fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)
- (intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fahnian, fagnian, fæġnian (“to rejoice, make glad”)[1]. Akin to Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”)[2]. See also fain.
Verb [edit]
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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Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
exhibit affection
seek favour by flattery
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wag tail
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See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933
- ^ fawn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
