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flawn

flawn noun: a flan (custard-based dessert).

Noun

flawn (plural flawns)

  1. (obsolete) A flan (custard-based dessert)
  2. (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.
    • Fill oven with flawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep,
      To-morrow, thy father his wake-day will keep1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...

Forms of flawn

pluralflawns

Origin of flawn

From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon.

Questions about flawn

What does flawn mean?
Flawn means a flan (custard-based dessert).
What part of speech is flawn?
Flawn is a noun.
What is the plural of flawn?
The plural of flawn is flawns.

Words near flawn in the dictionary

  1. flawful
  2. flawing
  3. flawless
  4. flawlessly
  5. flawlessness
  6. flawn
  7. flawns
  8. flaws
  9. flawsome
  10. flawter
  11. flawtered

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