fawn

adjective

/fɔːn/

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light yellow-brown in colour
- a fawn coat
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Word Originadjective late Middle English: from Old French faon, based on Latin fetus ‘offspring’; compare with fetus.

noun

/fɔːn/

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Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French faon, based on Latin fetus ‘offspring’; compare with fetus.

verb

/fɔːn/

[intransitive] (disapproving)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fawn	/fɔːn/ /fɔːn/
he / she / it fawns	/fɔːnz/ /fɔːnz/
past simple fawned	/fɔːnd/ /fɔːnd/
past participle fawned	/fɔːnd/ /fɔːnd/
-ing form fawning	/ˈfɔːnɪŋ/ /ˈfɔːnɪŋ/

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fawn (on/over somebody) to try to please somebody by praising them or paying them too much attention
- He seemed unaware of the girl’s fawning admiration.
- Why is everybody fawning over him as if he were a national hero?
Word Originverb Old English fagnian ‘make or be glad’, of Germanic origin; related to fain.

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