Dictionary

favoursome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English favour Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English favoursome From favour + -some.

Meanings

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

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Synonyms

favourable