faun
faun / fôn
noun 1. from Roman Mythology, a woodland deity represented by a man with a goatâs ears, horns, tail and sometimes hind legs, similar to a satyr of Greek mythology I fear that we are such gods or demigods only as fauns and satyrs, the divine allied to beasts, the creatures of appetite, and that, to some extent, our very life is our disgrace. From âWalden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedienceâ by Henry David Thoreau, 1817 - 1862 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ fawn fawn / fĂ´n adjective 1. having a light grayish brown to yellowish tan color He was pure white, with a fawn-coloured saddle just behind his neck, and a fawn diamond at the root of his thin whippy tail. From âActions and Reactionsâ by Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936 noun 1. a young deer less than a year old A doe goes into estrus in the fall, which means whitetail deer fawns are normally born sometime between late April and early July. ââSpottingâ Whitetail Deer Fawnsâ , www.the-whitetail-deer.com/whitetail-deer-fawns.html, accessed April 15, 2021 2.  a color that is a light grayish brown to yellowish tan Fawn is a soft, light shade of brown with the hex code #E5AA70, but the word often encompasses shades that are redder, grayer, and browner as well. âFawnâ, www. htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/fawn, accessed April 15, 2021 verb 1. of a doe, to birth a baby deer The doe fawned a few days after being there, and the fawn is said to have been a most beautiful little creature in its form and colours, varying in some particulars from its parents. âIndian Red Deerâ, âThe Sporting Magazineâ, Volume 34, April 1809 2. to fuss over excessively in order to flatter and gain attention If the rich man is fawning over the poor man, you can be certain that he needs something. Sicilian Proverb 3. of animals, particularly dogs, to seek approval with affectionate behavior, such as with the wagging of a tail Better a dog fawn on you than bite you. Dutch Proverb