fawny

American

[faw-nee] / ˈfɔ ni /

adjective

fawnier, fawniest

of a color like fawn.

Etymology

Origin of fawny

First recorded in 1840–50; fawn ¹ + -y ¹

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fawny

Her monochromatic, tawny, fawny outfit was severely ascetic and suggested a raging antipathy toward self-indulgent glamour.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2011

The prisoners wear fawny homespun clothes, of cloth such as the peasants weave, with irregularly occurring brown stripes.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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