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  • noun Dated form of faun.

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Latin

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Examples

  • In honor of faunus, woods, crops, dancing, merrymaking...with a plonk of snow over top...

    Fawning over fauns ScentScelf 2008

  • Ah, so the krampus crosses into Switzerland and becomes the schutzli, crosses the Channel and becomes a faunus...it is interesting, isn't it?

    Fawning over fauns ScentScelf 2008

  • In honor of faunus, woods, crops, dancing, merrymaking...with a plonk of snow over top...

    Archive 2008-12-01 ScentScelf 2008

  • But, the faunus reminds me of the Austrian horned creature, the krampus, who has his day today.

    Fawning over fauns ScentScelf 2008

  • I am identifying it as the Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), although I can't quite figure out the difference between the Eastern Comma and the Green Comma (Polygonia faunus).

    Archive 2006-03-01 AYDIN 2006

  • "In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor 10 nymph, nor faunus, haunted."

    Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year 1923

  • 'In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor nymph nor faunus haunted.'

    Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes 1879

  • 'In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor nymph nor faunus haunted.'

    Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • "In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor nymph nor faunus haunted."

    The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • The sensor is sensitive enough to detect this horinea faunus butterfly placed on it.

    R&D Mag - News 2010

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