FAWNS

Noun

fawns

plural of fawn

Verb

fawns

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fawn

Source: Wiktionary


FAWN

Fawn, n. Etym: [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.

3. A fawn color.

Fawn, a.

Definition: Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawn, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. faonner.]

Definition: To bring forth a fawn.

Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] Etym: [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. fægnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]

Definition: To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.

Fawn, n.

Definition: A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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