favonian

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/fəˈvəʊnɪən/

adjective

Pertaining to the west wind.

OriginLatin favōniānus →
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Meanings

adjectivefavonian (comparative more favonian, superlative most favonian)

comparative more favonian · superlative most favonian

  1. Pertaining to the west wind.
  2. broadlyMild, gentle.

    Sunday. Heat ripple still with us; a most favonian week. This time I took up a strategic position, with obese newspaper and new pipe, in the piazza rocker before L. arrived.

    1955 September 15, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 11, in Lolita, Paris: The Olympia Press […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinfavōniānus
  2. Englishfavonian

Borrowed from Latin favōniānus, from Favōnius (“the West Wind”), which heralded the beginning of spring.

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Translations

Czech favonský
  • favonskýpertaining to the west wind

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with favonian

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APA

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MLA

“favonian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favonian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “favonian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favonian.

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