"faunt" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /fau̯nt/, /fant/ Forms: fauntes [plural], fawnt [alternative], fant [alternative], faunth [alternative, Norfolk]
Etymology: Apparently borrowed from Anglo-Norman faunt, an apheretic form of or a back-formation from enfaunt, from Latin īnfāns, īnfantem; thus a doublet of infaunt. First attested in c. 1325. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|faunt|nocap=1}} borrowed from Anglo-Norman faunt, {{apheretic form|xno|-|nocap=1|nocat=1}} apheretic form of, {{back-formation|xno|enfaunt|nocap=1|nocat=1}} back-formation from enfaunt, {{der|enm|la|īnfāns|īnfāns, īnfantem}} Latin īnfāns, īnfantem, {{doublet|enm|infaunt|nocap=1}} doublet of infaunt, {{etydate|c|1325}} First attested in c. 1325 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} faunt, {{enm-noun|fauntes}} faunt (plural fauntes)
  1. A baby or infant (almost always of a human) Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-faunt-enm-noun--ialwA4D Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Babies, Children Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Babies: 87 13 Disambiguation of Children: 67 33
  2. (rare) A son or daughter. Tags: poetic, rare
    Sense id: en-faunt-enm-noun-t4iw1Ij6 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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