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fawn

1  [fawn]
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–noun
1. a young deer, esp. an unweaned one.
2. a light yellowish-brown color.
–adjective
3. light yellowish-brown.
–verb (used without object)
4. (of a doe) to bring forth young.
Origin:
1225–75; ME fawn, foun < MF faon, foun, feon ≪ VL *fētōn-, s. of *fētō offspring, deriv. of L fētus fetus

Related forms:
fawnlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

fawn  (n.)
1274, from O.Fr. faon "young animal," from V.L. *fetonem, acc. of *feto, from L. fetus "an offspring" (see fetus). Still used of the young of any animal in K.J.V., but mainly of deer from 15c. Color use is 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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