Definitions
A young deer; also to flatter someone excessively.
Word origin
From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally “deer calf”). Doublet of fetus.
Used in a sentence
“The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.”
“she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes”
“You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Young deer”4 letters
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