Resembling or having the qualities of a young deer; gentle, graceful, delicate, or timid like a fawn.
From 'fawn' (young deer) plus the suffix '-like' (meaning resembling or having qualities of). The '-like' suffix has been productive in English since Old English for creating descriptive compounds.
The '-like' suffix is endlessly creative—you can call almost anything 'something-like' and English speakers will understand you, which is why new '-like' words are constantly emerging (and why linguists argue about whether they deserve dictionary entries).
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