(fôn) v.i.
1. To show cringing fondness, as a dog: often with on or upon.
2. To show affection or seek favor by or as by cringing. ♦ Homophone: faun. [OE fahnian, var. of fœgnian rejoice]
—fawn′er noun
—fawn′ing adjective & noun
—fawn′ing·ly adverb
—fawn′ing·ness noun

(fôn) noun
1. A young deer; a buck or doe in its first year.
2. The color of a fawn.
—adjective Fawn-colored. ♦ Homophone: faun. [<OF faon, ult. <L fetus offspring]