fawn

Plural: fawns

Noun

a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
a young deer
A young deer.
A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
The young of an animal; a whelp.
A servile cringe or bow.
Base flattery.

Verb

Verb Forms: fawned, fawning, fawns

To display excessive affection or seek favor by flattery.
show submission or fear
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
have fawns
- "deer fawn"
To give birth to a fawn.
To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.
To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

Adj

Of the fawn colour.

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

bootlick, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, dun, grayish brown, greyish brown, grovel, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle, deerling, soft-soap, wheedle

Scrabble Score: 10

fawn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fawn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fawn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

fawn: valid Words With Friends Word