fawningn.

/ˈfɔːnɪŋ/

Etymology: < fawn v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of fawn v.²

1. Said of animals: see fawn v.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > fawning

fawninga1250

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 131 Spet him amidde þe bearde..ðet..fikeð mid dogge uawenunge [?c1225 Cleo. faȝenunge; c1230 Corpus fahenunge].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit xi. 9 With the faunyng of his tail he ioȝed.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12350 Abute his fete þe quilpes ran..And wit þair fauning mad him cher.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2002 The lyoun wald noght fyght, Grete fawning made he to the Knyght.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 138 The lower and stiller [voice of a dog] is called whining, or fawning.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 43 Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning .

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. vii. sig. R8^v With..how many Fawnings, does he [sc. a dog] court me to fling it him?

1844 J. R. Lowell Columbus in Poems (1890) I. 153 O days whose memory tames to fawning down The surly fell of Ocean's bristled neck!

2. Cringing, servile flattery or homage; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]

fawninga1350

submission?a1439

overlowness1496

servility1573

servilenessa1594

obsequency1595

obsequiousness1613

cringing1617

slavishnessa1620

vernility1623

servulating1637

suppleness1638

sneakinga1657

subserviency1669

fawningness1672

subservience1680

cringingness1695

truckling1820

obsequience1830

flunkeyism1831

servilism1831

spanielship1832

toadyism1840

flunkeydom1850

oleaginousness1853

vassalism1854

toadying1863

grovel1892

obsequity1892

crawlsomeness1900

serfishness1906

oleosity?1920

ass-kissing1936

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 30 Fyht of oþer ne darf he floe þat fleishshes faunyng furst foreode.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith xiv. 13 Vagio..made fawnyng with his hondis.

1533 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge (1560) 67 b Nor suffre our selues to be wonne..with faunyng.

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 145 Let no man..To highlie of her [Fortune's] lended faunings bost.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 183 ‘No fawning, Sir..’ cried the Baronet.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) i. 3 A spirit of fawning and truckling towards those in authority.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

fawningadj.

/ˈfɔːnɪŋ/

Etymology: < fawn v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. That fawns or shows pleasure or fondness as a dog does; caressing, fondling. Said also of the arm, tail, or tongue.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective]

fawninga1400

fondling1582

miniard1584

ingling1595

flattering1650

caressinga1774

canoodling1859

caressant1861

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 12354 Þese oþere leouns..honoured him wiþ faunnyng tail.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure i. xvi When that these grayhoundes had me so espied, With faunyng chere of great humilitie In goodly haste they fast unto me hyed.

a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) 1 The subtile fanyng spaniell.

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 17 Shee..Hung on his necke with fawning armes.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 144 Fierce Tygers couch'd around, and loll'd their fawning Tongues.

c1750 W. Shenstone Colemira 7 The fawning cats compassionate his case And purr around.

1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) V. viii. 120 As a king giving names to fawning brutes.

figurative.1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. vi. 25 Let wit, or fawning Fortune vie their best.

b. quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adverb]

fawninga1387

fondlinglya1772

fawningly1790

fondly1816

caressingly1834

caressively1913

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 237 Þe nyȝtyngale..Twytereþ wel fawnyng Wiþ full swete song in þe dawenyng.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xxiii. 428 The byrde Kaladrius settyth his syghte on hym and beholdyth hym as it were faunynge and playsynge.

2. Showing servile deference, cringing, flattering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]

go-by-ground?a1300

thrall1398

abjectc1430

manly?c1430

servicious1440

serviceable1483

servile1537

tame1563

slavish1565

demiss1572

submissive1572

cringing1579

fawning1585

incrouching?1593

vassal1594

scraping1599

obsequious1602

spaniel1606

observing1609

deprostrate1610

supplea1616

vernile1623

shrugging1629

wormy1640

compliable1641

thrall-like1641

obeisant1642

inservient1646

truckling1656

cringeling1693

benecking1705

subservient1714

footman-like1776

bingeing1805

sidling1821

toadying1863

crawlsome1904

toadyish1909

crawling1941

ass-kissing1942

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

insinuating1592

insinuative1592

scraping1599

adulatorious1612

men-pleasing1615

pickthanking1621

sycophantical1632

gnathonic1637

insinuanta1639

sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

led1672

sycophanting1674

sycophantly1680

sycophanta1684

sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vii. 118 Drunkennesse is a fawning diuell, a sweete poison.

1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 81 The fauning Parasite, and Saint-seeming devil.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3708/1 Edward Troupe..with a fawning Scotch-like Tone.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 47 A fawning treachery, against which no prudence can guard.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. v. 37 The voice..smoothed into fawning accents of base fear.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 652 A fawning and hypocritical race.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	fawning
释义	fawningn. /ˈfɔːnɪŋ/ Etymology: < fawn v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of fawn v.² 1. Said of animals: see fawn v.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > fawning fawninga1250 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 131 Spet him amidde þe bearde..ðet..fikeð mid dogge uawenunge [?c1225 Cleo. faȝenunge; c1230 Corpus fahenunge]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit xi. 9 With the faunyng of his tail he ioȝed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12350 Abute his fete þe quilpes ran..And wit þair fauning mad him cher. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2002 The lyoun wald noght fyght, Grete fawning made he to the Knyght. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 138 The lower and stiller [voice of a dog] is called whining, or fawning. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 43 Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning . View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. vii. sig. R8^v With..how many Fawnings, does he [sc. a dog] court me to fling it him? 1844 J. R. Lowell Columbus in Poems (1890) I. 153 O days whose memory tames to fawning down The surly fell of Ocean's bristled neck! 2. Cringing, servile flattery or homage; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] fawninga1350 submission?a1439 overlowness1496 servility1573 servilenessa1594 obsequency1595 obsequiousness1613 cringing1617 slavishnessa1620 vernility1623 servulating1637 suppleness1638 sneakinga1657 subserviency1669 fawningness1672 subservience1680 cringingness1695 truckling1820 obsequience1830 flunkeyism1831 servilism1831 spanielship1832 toadyism1840 flunkeydom1850 oleaginousness1853 vassalism1854 toadying1863 grovel1892 obsequity1892 crawlsomeness1900 serfishness1906 oleosity?1920 ass-kissing1936 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 30 Fyht of oþer ne darf he floe þat fleishshes faunyng furst foreode. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith xiv. 13 Vagio..made fawnyng with his hondis. 1533 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge (1560) 67 b Nor suffre our selues to be wonne..with faunyng. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 145 Let no man..To highlie of her [Fortune's] lended faunings bost. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 183 ‘No fawning, Sir..’ cried the Baronet. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) i. 3 A spirit of fawning and truckling towards those in authority. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019). fawningadj. /ˈfɔːnɪŋ/ Etymology: < fawn v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. a. That fawns or shows pleasure or fondness as a dog does; caressing, fondling. Said also of the arm, tail, or tongue. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective] fawninga1400 fondling1582 miniard1584 ingling1595 flattering1650 caressinga1774 canoodling1859 caressant1861 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 12354 Þese oþere leouns..honoured him wiþ faunnyng tail. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure i. xvi When that these grayhoundes had me so espied, With faunyng chere of great humilitie In goodly haste they fast unto me hyed. a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) 1 The subtile fanyng spaniell. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 17 Shee..Hung on his necke with fawning armes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 144 Fierce Tygers couch'd around, and loll'd their fawning Tongues. View more context for this quotation c1750 W. Shenstone Colemira 7 The fawning cats compassionate his case And purr around. 1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) V. viii. 120 As a king giving names to fawning brutes. figurative.1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. vi. 25 Let wit, or fawning Fortune vie their best. b. quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adverb] fawninga1387 fondlinglya1772 fawningly1790 fondly1816 caressingly1834 caressively1913 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 237 Þe nyȝtyngale..Twytereþ wel fawnyng Wiþ full swete song in þe dawenyng. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xxiii. 428 The byrde Kaladrius settyth his syghte on hym and beholdyth hym as it were faunynge and playsynge. 2. Showing servile deference, cringing, flattering. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vii. 118 Drunkennesse is a fawning diuell, a sweete poison. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 81 The fauning Parasite, and Saint-seeming devil. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3708/1 Edward Troupe..with a fawning Scotch-like Tone. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 47 A fawning treachery, against which no prudence can guard. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. v. 37 The voice..smoothed into fawning accents of base fear. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 652 A fawning and hypocritical race. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ˈfawning ˈfawning n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > female > giving birth calvinga1398 fawning1598 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xi. f. 62^v When that our Agistors doe meete togither for the fawning of our wilde beastes. 1685 R. Brady tr. John's Charter of Forests §7 in Hist. Eng. App. 141 The third Swainmote shall be holden..concerning the fawning of our Does. extracted from fawnv.² < n.a1250adj.a1387 as lemmas
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fawningn.

fawningadj.

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