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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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Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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1. A young deer: Sally suddenly saw an unweaned fawn in the tall grass and it was less than a year old.
2. Etymology: from Old French faon, "young animal"; from Vulgar Latin fetonem, accusative of feto, from Latin fetus, "an offspring".
2. To attempt to please someone by showing enthusiastic affection: Little Susi was fawning on her mother and doing little chores voluntarily because she wanted to have an ice cream later on that day.
3. Etymology: from Old English fagnian, "rejoice"; from fægen, "glad"; used in Middle English to refer to expressions of delight, especially a dog wagging its tail, hence "to act slavishly".
2. Etymology: from Old French faon, "young animal"; from Vulgar Latin fetonem, accusative of feto, from Latin fetus, "an offspring".
The following fawn, fawning definitions as a verb are not related etymologically to the above fawn:
1. To seek attention or to try to win favor by flattery and obsequious behavior: The dog was fawning all over him when he came home from work.2. To attempt to please someone by showing enthusiastic affection: Little Susi was fawning on her mother and doing little chores voluntarily because she wanted to have an ice cream later on that day.
3. Etymology: from Old English fagnian, "rejoice"; from fægen, "glad"; used in Middle English to refer to expressions of delight, especially a dog wagging its tail, hence "to act slavishly".
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feto-, fet-, feti-, foeto-, foet- +
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“fawn”
fawn (verb), fawns; fawned; fawning
1. To try to get the approval of an important or well-known person by praising him or her or giving special attention to his or her desires: The waiters were fawning all over the celebrities at the high-class restaurant.
Lina actually enjoyed being fawned on by her fans.
2. To give a servile display of exaggerated flattery of affection, typically in order to gain favor or an advantage: Some of the employees fawn over the president of the company whenever he appears in person in their work areas.Some politicians have been known to fawn over anyone with money who is willing to support their campaigns.
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English Words in Action, Group F
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