Meanings
comparative more favoursome · superlative most favoursome · alternative favorsome
- rareCharacterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.
Goddess of Haiti, favorsome, Preserve in flowering loveliness Your treasures' sweet delirium.
2015, Doris Y. Kadish, Deborah Jenson, Poetry of Haitian Independence, page 711 more example
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 HorizonSynonyms: favourable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.
Origin
- Englishfavour
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Englishfavoursome
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Cite this entry
favoursome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoursome
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