/ fɔːn; NAmE / noun
(in ancient Roman stories) a god of the woods, with a man's face and body and a goat's legs and horns
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from the name of the pastoral god Faunus, who is associated with wooded places.
/ fɔːn; NAmE / noun
(in ancient Roman stories) a god of the woods, with a man's face and body and a goat's legs and horns
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from the name of the pastoral god Faunus, who is associated with wooded places.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005