flawn

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flado, from Proto-Germanic *flaþô. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon.

Noun

flawn (plural flawns)

1. (obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
2. (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “flawn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Middle English

Noun

flawn

1. Alternative form of flaun