n. [ OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus. ] 1. (Zool.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The tigress ] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fawn color. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. faonner. ] To bring forth a fawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fawned p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning. ] [ OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. fægnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fawns; a sycophant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fawning manner. [ 1913 Webster ]