faunn.

Brit.

/fɔːn/, U.S.

/fɔn/,

/fɑn/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s fawn.

Etymology: < Latin Faunus, proper name of a god or demigod worshipped by shepherds and farmers, and identified with the Greek Pan; also in plural fauni (compare Greek Πᾶνες), a class of similar deities. (Chaucer's fauny is the Latin plural.)

Mythology.

One of a class of rural deities; at first represented like men with horns and the tail of a goat, afterwards with goats' legs like the Satyrs, to whom they were assimilated in lustful character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > faun

faunc1374

goat-foot1622

fauness1890

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1544 On satiry and fawny more and lesse, Þat halue goddes ben of wildernesse.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2064 Nymphes, Fawnes, and Amadrides.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 77 Here han the holy Faunes resourse.

1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iii. iii. sig. G^v The Poets dreames of lustfull Fawnes, and Satyres.

1728 J. Swift Let. 14 Sept. in Wks. (1841) II. 105 The muses and the fawns..will crown you with joy.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft iv These silvans, satyrs and fauns.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxvi. 183 Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual feast.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

faun-breeze n.

ΚΠ

1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 44 The elegant faun-breeze.

faun-face n.

ΚΠ

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 16 His face is a faun-face, not deadened by morals.

C2.

faun-faced adj.

ΚΠ

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 17 They can't survive, the faun-faced men.

faun-like adj.

ΚΠ

1902 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 75 The faun-like feet.

1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxxiv. 325 That particular faun-like grace which fades later.

faun-loved adj.

ΚΠ

1881 O. Wilde Poems 69 Faun-loved Heliconian glades.

faun-twinkling adj.

ΚΠ

1929 E. Blunden Near & Far 64 Sunshine of vital gold, faun-twinkling groves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	faun
释义	faunn. Brit. /fɔːn/, U.S. /fɔn/, /fɑn/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s fawn. Etymology: < Latin Faunus, proper name of a god or demigod worshipped by shepherds and farmers, and identified with the Greek Pan; also in plural fauni (compare Greek Πᾶνες), a class of similar deities. (Chaucer's fauny is the Latin plural.) Mythology. One of a class of rural deities; at first represented like men with horns and the tail of a goat, afterwards with goats' legs like the Satyrs, to whom they were assimilated in lustful character. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > faun faunc1374 goat-foot1622 fauness1890 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1544 On satiry and fawny more and lesse, Þat halue goddes ben of wildernesse. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2064 Nymphes, Fawnes, and Amadrides. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 77 Here han the holy Faunes resourse. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iii. iii. sig. G^v The Poets dreames of lustfull Fawnes, and Satyres. 1728 J. Swift Let. 14 Sept. in Wks. (1841) II. 105 The muses and the fawns..will crown you with joy. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft iv These silvans, satyrs and fauns. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxvi. 183 Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual feast. View more context for this quotation Compounds C1. General attributive. faun-breeze n. ΚΠ 1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 44 The elegant faun-breeze. faun-face n. ΚΠ a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 16 His face is a faun-face, not deadened by morals. C2. faun-faced adj. ΚΠ a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 17 They can't survive, the faun-faced men. faun-like adj. ΚΠ 1902 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 75 The faun-like feet. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxxiv. 325 That particular faun-like grace which fades later. faun-loved adj. ΚΠ 1881 O. Wilde Poems 69 Faun-loved Heliconian glades. faun-twinkling adj. ΚΠ 1929 E. Blunden Near & Far 64 Sunshine of vital gold, faun-twinkling groves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1374
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