Fawny
adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A finger ring. UK, obsolete, slang
Adjective
- 1 Somewhat fawn in colour.
"The people thus afflicted cried out, that they saw their tormentors though invisible to every body else, in the shape of a little devil of a fawny colour, attended with spectres that had something more human in their forms."
Example
More examples"The people thus afflicted cried out, that they saw their tormentors though invisible to every body else, in the shape of a little devil of a fawny colour, attended with spectres that had something more human in their forms."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From fawn + -y.
Etymology 2
From Irish fáinne (“ring”). Doublet of fainne.
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