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fawn
CEFRC2
/fɔːn/
noun · adjective · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A young deer.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
Examples
Don't fawn on me. I don't like it.
The fawn blended seamlessly into the foliage.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 3
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningThe young of an animal; a whelp.
adjective
Extra meaningOf the fawn colour.
verb
Extra meaningTo give birth to a fawn.
More examples
In contextThe fawn bolted from its hiding place.
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
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Origin
noun
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.