fawn
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Englanti
Substantiivi
fawn (monikko fawns)
- vasa
- kellertävä vaaleanruskea
Verbi
fawn
Etymologia
- muinaisranskan faon << latinan fētus
Verbi
fawn
- (on, upon, over) liehakoida, hännystellä, mielistellä, imarrella
- a dog fawning upon its master
- I don't like waiters who fawn all over you.
- During those eight years many journalists fawned over Obama (forbes.com)
- Hello! brings a new brand of celebrity fawning [fawning over celebrities] to the UK. (bbc.co.uk)
Etymologia
- keskienglannin fawnen << muinaisenglannin fahnian, fagnian, fæġnian ("iloita"); vrt. fain
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