Etymology

favillous

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to ashes. Full definition →

Latin favilla
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfavilla“sparkling or glowing ashes”
  2. English todayfavillous

From Latin favilla (“sparkling or glowing ashes”) + -ous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.