favoursome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.

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adjectivefavoursome (comparative more favoursome, superlative most favoursome)

comparative more favoursome · superlative most favoursome · alternative favorsome

  1. 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 71
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    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 Horizon

    Synonyms: favourable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCharacterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.

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Origin

  1. Englishfavour
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishfavoursome

From favour + -some.

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APA

favoursome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoursome

MLA

“favoursome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoursome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “favoursome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoursome.

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