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{
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"Fawkes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Guy 1570\u20131606 English conspirator against King James I of Great Britain":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fks"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103627",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"faw":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of faw dialectal variant of fall"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022f",
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"\u02c8f\u0227"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114557",
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"type":[]
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},
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"fawn":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a light grayish brown":[],
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": kid sense 2":[],
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": to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner":[
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"courtiers fawning on the king"
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],
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": to show affection":[
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"\u2014 used especially of a dog The dog was fawning on its master."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a sports star surrounded by fawning fans",
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"a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In a tweet, State Police wrote that Trooper Paul Dabene saw the mother deer and fawn walking up an access road in Framingham that leads to the Massachusetts Turnpike. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
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"Nobody associated with the show was too minor for Golden-Coners to fawn over. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
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"The social media platform has served as somewhat of a safe space for Jack Harlow fans to openly fawn over him. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Spring will bring more fawn births and the CWD-positive captive herds around the state will continue to grow. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"When traumatized or distressed, our flight, fight, freeze or fawn response gets triggered. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"On television, anchors used slow-motion video to analyze and fawn over Charlie\u2019s backswing, his follow-through, his hip turn. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
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"That Seth accepts the nickname without being so gauche as to acknowledge the honor and fawn over Bill is proof that Bill picked the right fella to knight. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
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"This freestanding fawn and doe decoration set is made with rigid sisal material that\u2019s wrapped around a metal frame for a touch of texture. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 6 Nov. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"State Police tweeted a photo of the fawn near Dabene\u2019s cruiser. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
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"Few fawn over fresh-faced candidates full of new ideas and youthful energy. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Animal control later posted an update with some good news: The fawn was returned. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"This isn't the first time an animal at the center needed help walking; years prior, a baby fawn named Clarice used a wheelchair as part of her rehabilitation too. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"Throughout are signs of Gabrielle Chanel's private life in her Rue 31 Cambon apartment, such as a wing chair, a Goossens table with a wheatsheaf base, and a large fawn velvet banquette. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Patrick Foy of the state wildlife agency\u2019s law enforcement division said their behavior was consistent with incidents in which people take a wild animal, such as a deer fawn , as a pet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Stars were appearing in the early night sky when the big doe showed up with a fawn in tow. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"The Columbus Zoo is celebrating its newest addition, an adorable tufted deer fawn . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English faunen , from Old English fagnian to rejoice, from f\u00e6gen, fagan glad \u2014 more at fain entry 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English foun , from Anglo-French feun, foon young of an animal, from Vulgar Latin *feton-, feto , from Latin fetus offspring \u2014 more at fetus":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fn",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fawn Verb fawn , toady , truckle , cringe , cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention. waiters fawning over a celebrity toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude. toadying to his boss truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior. truckling to a powerful lobbyist cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility. a cringing sycophant cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people. cowering before a bully",
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"synonyms":[
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"apple-polish",
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"bootlick",
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"fuss",
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"kowtow",
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"suck (up)",
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"toady",
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"truckle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211542",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fawn lily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": dogtooth violet":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The real treat is a trek through bald meadows on Fidalgo Island\u2019s Sugarloaf Mountain, where hiking trails give views of spring gold, blue-eyed Marys, fawn lilies , Western buttercup, and red Indian paintbrush. \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215502",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fawner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a light grayish brown":[],
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": kid sense 2":[],
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": to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner":[
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"courtiers fawning on the king"
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],
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": to show affection":[
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"\u2014 used especially of a dog The dog was fawning on its master."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a sports star surrounded by fawning fans",
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"a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In a tweet, State Police wrote that Trooper Paul Dabene saw the mother deer and fawn walking up an access road in Framingham that leads to the Massachusetts Turnpike. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
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"Nobody associated with the show was too minor for Golden-Coners to fawn over. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
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"The social media platform has served as somewhat of a safe space for Jack Harlow fans to openly fawn over him. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Spring will bring more fawn births and the CWD-positive captive herds around the state will continue to grow. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"When traumatized or distressed, our flight, fight, freeze or fawn response gets triggered. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"On television, anchors used slow-motion video to analyze and fawn over Charlie\u2019s backswing, his follow-through, his hip turn. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
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"That Seth accepts the nickname without being so gauche as to acknowledge the honor and fawn over Bill is proof that Bill picked the right fella to knight. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
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"This freestanding fawn and doe decoration set is made with rigid sisal material that\u2019s wrapped around a metal frame for a touch of texture. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 6 Nov. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"State Police tweeted a photo of the fawn near Dabene\u2019s cruiser. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
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"Few fawn over fresh-faced candidates full of new ideas and youthful energy. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Animal control later posted an update with some good news: The fawn was returned. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"This isn't the first time an animal at the center needed help walking; years prior, a baby fawn named Clarice used a wheelchair as part of her rehabilitation too. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"Throughout are signs of Gabrielle Chanel's private life in her Rue 31 Cambon apartment, such as a wing chair, a Goossens table with a wheatsheaf base, and a large fawn velvet banquette. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Patrick Foy of the state wildlife agency\u2019s law enforcement division said their behavior was consistent with incidents in which people take a wild animal, such as a deer fawn , as a pet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Stars were appearing in the early night sky when the big doe showed up with a fawn in tow. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"The Columbus Zoo is celebrating its newest addition, an adorable tufted deer fawn . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English faunen , from Old English fagnian to rejoice, from f\u00e6gen, fagan glad \u2014 more at fain entry 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English foun , from Anglo-French feun, foon young of an animal, from Vulgar Latin *feton-, feto , from Latin fetus offspring \u2014 more at fetus":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fn",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fawn Verb fawn , toady , truckle , cringe , cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention. waiters fawning over a celebrity toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude. toadying to his boss truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior. truckling to a powerful lobbyist cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility. a cringing sycophant cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people. cowering before a bully",
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"synonyms":[
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"apple-polish",
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"bootlick",
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"fuss",
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"kowtow",
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"suck (up)",
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"toady",
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"truckle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070052",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fawning":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery":[
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"\u2026 they are excellent emblems of fawning yet fickle fandom \u2026",
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"\u2014 Thomas Boswell",
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"He's sitting in a shaded pavillion, surrounded by a dozen fawning politicians \u2026",
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"\u2014 Barbara Crossette",
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"I was astonished that Frost could've read the poem as anything but an act of fawning servility.",
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"\u2014 Tobias Wolff"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022f-ni\u014b",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113135",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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}
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} |