favoursome

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Etymology

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From favour +‎ -some.

Adjective

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favoursome (comparative more favoursome, superlative most favoursome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.
    Synonym: favourable
    • 2011, Gardner Dozois, The Furthest Horizon:
      The second hill was easy of access but looked down on one small town only, and that none too favorsome in its appearance.
    • 2015, Doris Y. Kadish, ‎Deborah Jenson, Poetry of Haitian Independence, page 71:
      Goddess of Haiti, favorsome,
      Preserve in flowering loveliness
      Your treasures' sweet delirium.

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