fawny

[ faw-nee ]

adjective

, fawn·i·er, fawn·i·est,

1. of a color like fawn.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fawny¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Slate

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

From Project Gutenberg

William Allan Richardson the beautiful orange variety so much admired; Bouquêt d’or, a daughter of Gloire de Dijon, but prettier in the bud than the old variety; Madame Berard, fawny yellow, very floriferous; L’Idéal, and Gustave Regis.

From Project Gutenberg

"Jaha Powah, 6th June.—Female and nest in forest on a largish tree placed on the fork of a branch; a mere bunch of sticks like a Crow's nest; three eggs, short and thick, fawny white blotched with fawn-brown chiefly at the thick end."

From Project Gutenberg

She promptly appeared; and the first exclamation of Mr. Jones proved that she was not the person he had supposed her to be: "This is not Fawny Johnson!" said he; and he afterwards said, "There must be two Maria Monks!"

From Project Gutenberg