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fawn | faw |

As a noun fawn

is a young deer.

As an adjective fawn

is of the fawn colour.

As a verb fawn

is to give birth to a fawn or fawn can be to exhibit affection or attempt to please.

As a preposition faw is

; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the united states .

fawn

English

(wikipedia fawn)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) faon.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young deer.
  • A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
  • (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
  • * Holland
  • [The tigress] after her fawns .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the fawn colour.
  • Derived terms
    * fawn lily

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give birth to a fawn.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fawnen, from (etyl) fahnian, fagnian, . See also fain.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
  • To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on'' or ''upon ).
  • * Shakespeare
  • You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
  • * Milton
  • Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
  • * Macaulay
  • courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him
  • *
  • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
  • (of a dog) To wag its tail, to show devotion.
  • Synonyms
    * (seek favour by flattery) grovel, wheedle
    Derived terms
    * fawn over

    See also

    *

    References

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    faw

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • ; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States .
  • * 1907 , , Old Creole Days , Gutenberg eBook #10234,
  • “Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin? at me faw ?”

    Anagrams

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