faunlike

adj

faunlike

adj

Etymology From faun + -like.

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:
  • 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:

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