All 4 Uses of
fawn
in
Julius Caesar
- if you know
That I do fawn on men,p. 17.9fawn = show excessive flattery or affectionCur is an archaic synonym for dog.
- base spaniel-fawning
p. 97.3fawning = excessive affectioneditor's notes: puppy-like affection
- Thy brother by decree is banished:
If thou dost bend, and pray, and fawn for him,
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.p. 97.3 *fawn = excessively flatter
- Villains, you did not so when your vile daggers
Hacked one another in the sides of Caesar:
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds,
And bowed like bondmen, kissing Caesar's feet;
Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind
Struck Caesar on the neck.†p. 183.2fawned = showed excessive flattery or affection
Definitions:
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(1)
(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affectionCur is an archaic synonym for dog.
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) "Fawn" more commonly describes a young deer.