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“faun”
In Roman mythology, a rural god, often depicted as a creature with the body of a man and the legs and horns of a goat. The Greek equivalent is satyr.
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faun-, fauni-, fauna-, -fauna
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faun, fawn, fawn
faun (FAWN) (noun)
In Roman Mythology, one of a group of rural deities depicted as having the body of a man and the horns, ears, tail, and legs of a goat: Pan, the son of Hermes and depicted in Roman Mythology as a faun, is usually pictured playing a simple instrument, the Pan pipe, and dancing happily.
fawn (FAWN) (noun)
A young deer; especially, one under a year old: You usually have to look carefully in a forest if you want to find a fawn in the springtime.
fawn (FAWN) (verb)
1. To be overly affectionate: When the celebrity arrives at the restaurant, the waiters fawn all over him.
2. To seek favor by supporting slavishly every opinion and suggestion of a superior; to grovel, to be an apple polisher, etc.: Some of the pupils decided to fawn on their teacher in order to get good grades in their class.
2. To seek favor by supporting slavishly every opinion and suggestion of a superior; to grovel, to be an apple polisher, etc.: Some of the pupils decided to fawn on their teacher in order to get good grades in their class.
Jamie thought she would fawn over her professor and impress him with her knowledge of Roman Mythology; especially, the myths surrounding the faun.
Unfortunately, in her essay she misspelled "faun" and wrote "fawn" instead. Her professor was amused at her efforts to fawn but he was not impressed.
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(Latin: animal; a collective name for the animals of a certain region or time)