faun

[ fawn ]

/ fɔn /

noun Classical Mythology.

one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.

Words nearby faun

faultfinder, faultfinding, faultless, faulty, faulty union, faun, fauna, faunistic, fauns, fauntleroy suit, faunula

Origin of faun

1325–75; Middle English (< Old French faune) < Latin faunus; cf. Faunus

OTHER WORDS FROM faun

faun·like, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH faun

faun fawn

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Examples from the Web for fauns

Nor have the dryads and the fauns been frighted away for good.
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays|Richard Le Gallienne
I have another in the house; but it is not decorated with fauns and satyrs and foliage, like this.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor
Fairies and goblins, fauns and spirits, these are but names and personifications of a real life.
The Soul of a People|H. Fielding
But in the spring Ameto finds her again near a temple in which are gathered a company of fauns, dryads, satyrs, and naiads.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton

Roman gods of a class between the “immortal” and the “mortal,” such as the Satyrs and Fauns.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described|Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for fauns

faun

/ (fɔːn) /

noun

(in Roman legend) a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail, and hind legs

Derived forms of faun

faunlike, adjective

Word Origin for faun

C14: back formation from Faunes (plural), from Latin Faunus

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Culture definitions for fauns

fauns

The Roman name for satyrs, mythical creatures who were part man and part goat.