favel

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French favele, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fabella (“short fable”), diminutive of fabula. See fable.

Noun

favel

1. (obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit

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Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French fauvel, favel, diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fauve; of German oigin. See fallow (adjective).

Adjective

favel (comparative more favel, superlative most favel)

1. yellow or dun in colour

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Noun

favel (plural favels)

1. A horse of a favel or dun colour.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “favel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)