hard-favoured en · ADJ
Meanings
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Having hard or stern features; unattractive.
Vulcan […] was so hard-favoured, that both his parents frowned on him, and Jupiter threw him out of heaven.
1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 4”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most hard-favoured | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more hard-favoured | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| hard-favored | alternative | lexicographic |