Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the west wind.
  • adjective Mild; benign.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the west wind; hence, favorable; propitious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective pertaining to the west wind; mild, gentle

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin Favōniānus, from Favōnius, the west wind.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin favonianus, from Favonius ‘the West Wind’.

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  • "Sunday. Heat ripple still with us; a most favonian week." Lolita Ch 11

    December 31, 2012