Fawn , n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
Fawn , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned (?);
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.
Shak. Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a
fawning parasite, obeyest.
Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
Macaulay.
Fawn , v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]
To bring forth a fawn.
Fawn , a. Of the color
of a fawn; fawn-colored.
Fawn (?), n. [OF. faon the young one of
any beast, a
fawn, F. faon a fawn, for
fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]
1. (Zoöl.) 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.
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