See Also: fawn(medicine)
fawn(1)(dictionary)
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fawn 1, noun(dictionary)
fawn 2, adjective(dictionary)
fawn 3, verb(dictionary)

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fawn noun1 & adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French faon (foun, feon) from Proto-Romance, from Latin fetus offspring, FOETUS.]
A. noun.
A young deer, esp. a fallow deer; a buck or doe of the first year. LME.
in fawn (of a deer) pregnant.
gen. A young animal, a cub. L15-E17.
A light yellowish brown. L19.
Comb.: fawn-colour the colour fawn; fawn-coloured adjective of the colour fawn.
b. adjective. Of a light yellowish brown. M20.