faunlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a faun.

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Meanings

adjectivefaunlike (comparative more faunlike, superlative most faunlike)

comparative more faunlike · superlative most faunlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a faun.

    Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.

    1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118
    1 more example

    WASPy GWM, impractically educated, clever but uncynical, slender physique but good torso (otherwise mildly unprepossessing) — 30ish but the skinny beardless faun-like demeanor is initially deceptive.

    1977 April 30, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14

Origin

From faun + -like.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

faunlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faunlike

MLA

“faunlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faunlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faunlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faunlike.

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