different between fawn vs faan
fawn
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
- Homophone: faun
Etymology 1
From Middle English foun, fawne, from Old French faon, from Vulgar Latin *fetonem, from Latin f?tus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”)
Noun
fawn (plural fawns)
- A young deer.
- A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
- (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
- she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes
Derived terms
- in fawn
Translations
Adjective
fawn (not comparable)
- Of the fawn colour.
Derived terms
- fawn lily
Translations
Verb
fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)
- (intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.
Etymology 2
From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fahnian, fagnian, fæ?nian (“to rejoice, make glad”). Akin to Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”). See also fain.
Verb
fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)
- (intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
- (intransitive) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).
- Synonyms: grovel, wheedle, soft-soap, toady
- (intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
Derived terms
- fawn over
- overfawn
Translations
Noun
fawn (plural fawns)
- (rare) A servile cringe or bow.
- Base flattery.
See also
- Appendix:Colors
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
- faun, faawn
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Faunus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fau?n/
Noun
fawn (plural fawnes or fawny)
- faun, satyr
Descendants
- English: faun
References
- “faun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vau?n/
Verb
fawn
- Soft mutation of bawn.
Mutation
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faan
English
Alternative forms
- faaan
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fæn/
- Rhymes: -æn
- Homophones: fan, fanne
Noun
faan (plural faans)
- (dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.
Derived terms
- faanish
- faanishness
- faan fiction
References
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “faan”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 55
Anagrams
- Afan, fana
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