All 3 Uses of
fawn
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- How despicably I fawned upon that wretched Ilya Petrovitch!†
Chpt 2.2fawned = showed excessive flattery or affection
- What do I care for them all, and my fawning upon them!†
Chpt 2.2 *
- He wore a charming summer jacket of a fawn shade, light thin trousers, a waistcoat of the same, new and fine linen, a cravat of the lightest cambric with pink stripes on it, and the best of it was, this all suited Pyotr Petrovitch.†
Chpt 2.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) "Fawn" more commonly describes a young deer.