Fawn
Fawn (fan) , noun
[Old French faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, French faon a fawn, for fedon, from Latin fetus. See Fetus.]
1.
(Zoology) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
2.
The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obsolete]
[The tigress]... followeth... after her fawns.
3.
A fawn color.
Fawn , adjective
Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
Fawn , intransitive verb
[Compare French faonner.]
To bring forth a fawn.
Fawn (fand) , intransitive verb
[Old English fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, Anglo-Saxon fagnian to rejoice; akin to Icelandic fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]
To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
Fawn , noun
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. — Shakespeare