Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fawn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fawn \Fawn\, n.
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F.
faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See {Fetus}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fawn \Fawn\, a.
Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]
To bring forth a fawn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fawn
n 1: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
raincoat" [syn: {dun}, {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}]
2: young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: {crawl}, {creep}, {cringe}, {cower},
{grovel}]
2: tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: {toady}, {truckle}, {bootlick},
{kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
3: have fawns, of deer
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