Monday Word: Favonian
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1word1dayfavonian [fuh-voh-nee-uhn ]
adjective
1.of or relating to the west wind.
2. mild or favorable; propitious.
examples
“A face, a favonian little face hovers in his memory, slipping in and out of focus.”
Natalee Caple; Mackerel Sky; St. Martin’s Press; 2004.
The preacher went about within his church, opening all the windows in hope, he said, of attracting favonian zephyrs laden with the aromas of spring. The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich
origin
According to Greco-Roman tradition, the west wind was warm and usually gentle. Its Latin name, Favonius, is the basis for the English adjective "favonian" and derives from roots that are akin to the Latin fovēre, meaning "to warm." [Merriam-Webster's online]
The West Wind by Tom Thomson (1917).
adjective
1.of or relating to the west wind.
2. mild or favorable; propitious.
examples
“A face, a favonian little face hovers in his memory, slipping in and out of focus.”
Natalee Caple; Mackerel Sky; St. Martin’s Press; 2004.
The preacher went about within his church, opening all the windows in hope, he said, of attracting favonian zephyrs laden with the aromas of spring. The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich
origin
According to Greco-Roman tradition, the west wind was warm and usually gentle. Its Latin name, Favonius, is the basis for the English adjective "favonian" and derives from roots that are akin to the Latin fovēre, meaning "to warm." [Merriam-Webster's online]
The West Wind by Tom Thomson (1917).
