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Fawnest vs Yawnest - What's the difference?

fawnest | yawnest |

In archaic terms the difference between fawnest and yawnest

is that fawnest is archaic second-person singular of fawn while yawnest is archaic second-person singular of yawn.

fawnest

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (fawn)

    • 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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    yawnest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (yawn)

    • yawn

    English

    (wikipedia yawn)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
    • I could see my students yawning , so I knew the lesson was boring them.
  • * Trumbull
    • And while above he spends his breath, / The yawning audience nod beneath.
  • To present a wide opening.
    • The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.
    Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn .
  • To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
    • to yawn for fat livings
  • * Landor
    • one long, yawning gaze

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
  • A particularly boring event.
    • The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn . I was glad when it finished.

    Derived terms

    * multicolour yawn * Technicolor yawn * yawnfest

    Anagrams

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