† fawnguestn.

Etymology: ? < fawn v.¹ + guest n.Possibly an etymologizing spelling of some dialect word. Nashe was an East Anglian; can the word be identical with fangast, given by Sir T. Browne without interpretation in his list of words peculiar to that region ( Misc. Tr. viii. 146)? Hickes ( Ags. Gr. 1689), however, says that in Norfolk a fangast wench meant ‘virginem viro jam nunc maturam et virum quasi expetentem’.

Obsolete.

(a) A fawning parasite, a sycophant, toady; also attributive. (b) One who robs or swindles another under the guise of friendship.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite

clienta1393

lick-dishc1440

maunche present1440

scambler?a1513

smell-feast1519

parasite1539

hanger-on1549

parasitaster1552

waiter at the table1552

lick-trencher1571

hang-by1579

shadow1579

trencher-fly1590

trencher-friend1590

fawnguest1592

pot-hunter1592

lick-spigot1599

trencherman1599

shark1600

tub-hunter1600

zany1601

lick-box1611

by-hangera1626

cosherer1634

shirk1639

panlicker1641

clientelary1655

tantony1659

led friend1672

sponger1677

fetcher and carrier1751

myrmidon1800

trencher-licker1814

onhanger1821

tag-tail1835

sponge1838

lick-ladle1849

lick-platter1853

sucker1856

freeloader1933

bludger1938

ligger1977

joyrider1990

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes B iv/1 Nuntius, a Fawneguest Messenger twixt Maister Bird and Maister Demetrius.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. T3 He may be a fawn-guest in his intent neuertheles.

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1880) 15 There be certaine mates called Fawneguests, who..will..say..a friend of yours..gaue me this bowed sixpence to drinke a quart of wine with you for his sake.

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1880) 15 Such Fawneguests were they, that [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	fawnguest
释义	† fawnguestn. Etymology: ? < fawn v.¹ + guest n.Possibly an etymologizing spelling of some dialect word. Nashe was an East Anglian; can the word be identical with fangast, given by Sir T. Browne without interpretation in his list of words peculiar to that region ( Misc. Tr. viii. 146)? Hickes ( Ags. Gr. 1689), however, says that in Norfolk a fangast wench meant ‘virginem viro jam nunc maturam et virum quasi expetentem’. Obsolete. (a) A fawning parasite, a sycophant, toady; also attributive. (b) One who robs or swindles another under the guise of friendship. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite clienta1393 lick-dishc1440 maunche present1440 scambler?a1513 smell-feast1519 parasite1539 hanger-on1549 parasitaster1552 waiter at the table1552 lick-trencher1571 hang-by1579 shadow1579 trencher-fly1590 trencher-friend1590 fawnguest1592 pot-hunter1592 lick-spigot1599 trencherman1599 shark1600 tub-hunter1600 zany1601 lick-box1611 by-hangera1626 cosherer1634 shirk1639 panlicker1641 clientelary1655 tantony1659 led friend1672 sponger1677 fetcher and carrier1751 myrmidon1800 trencher-licker1814 onhanger1821 tag-tail1835 sponge1838 lick-ladle1849 lick-platter1853 sucker1856 freeloader1933 bludger1938 ligger1977 joyrider1990 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes B iv/1 Nuntius, a Fawneguest Messenger twixt Maister Bird and Maister Demetrius. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. T3 He may be a fawn-guest in his intent neuertheles. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1880) 15 There be certaine mates called Fawneguests, who..will..say..a friend of yours..gaue me this bowed sixpence to drinke a quart of wine with you for his sake. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1880) 15 Such Fawneguests were they, that [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1592
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