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favonian

[fuh-voh-nee-uh n]
adjective
  1. of or relating to the west wind.
  2. mild or favorable; propitious.
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Origin of favonian

1650–60; < Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. Cf. foehn
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British Dictionary definitions for favonian

favonian

adjective
  1. of or relating to the west wind
  2. poetic favourable
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin Favōniānus
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