faw

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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faw

  1. Alternative form of faugh
    • 1972, John Gardner, The Sunlight Dialogues, page 36:
      "It's a complicated thing, though, isn't it." "Faw!" Churchill said.
    • 2013, John D. MacDonald, A Tan and Sandy Silence:
      “If you'd carry a camera around your neck and walk fifty feet ahead of me, nobody would know we were together.”
      Faw,” he said. “And tush.”

Etymology 2

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Phonetic rendering of for.

Preposition

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faw

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.

Etymology 3

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From the surname Faa.

Noun

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faw (plural faws)

  1. A gypsy.

See also

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Anagrams

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English fawe, faȝe, from Old English fāg, fāh (coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (coloured; motley), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (to mark, paint, colour).

Adjective

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faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)

  1. Of various colours; variegated