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Webster 1913 Edition

Fawn

Fawn

(fa̤n)
,
Noun.
[OF.
faon
the young one of any beast, a fawn, F.
faon
a fawn, for
fedon
, fr. L.
fetus
. See
Fetus
.]
1.
(Zool.)
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

,
Adj.
Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawn

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. F.
faonner
.]
To bring forth a fawn.

Fawn

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fawned
(fa̤nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fawning
.]
[OE.
fawnen
,
fainen
,
fagnien
, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS.
fægnian
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.
Shakespeare
Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a
fawning
parasite, obeyest.
Milton.
Courtiers who
fawn
on a master while they betray him.
Macaulay.

Fawn

,
Noun.
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fawn

FAWN

,
Noun.
A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.

FAWN

,
Verb.
I.
To bring forth a fawn.

FAWN

,
Verb.
I.
[See Fain.]
1.
To court favor, or show attachment to, by frisking about one; as, a dog fawns on his master.
2.
To soothe; to flatter meanly; to blandish; to court servilely; to cringe and bow to gain favor; as a fawning favorite or minion.
My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns.

FAWN

,
Noun.
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery.

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