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favonian

[ fuh-voh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the west wind.
  2. mild or favorable; propitious.


favonian

/ əˈəʊɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the west wind
  2. poetic.
    favourable
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of favonian1

1650–60; < Latin 󲹱ōԾԳܲ. See Favonius, -an. foehn
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of favonian1

C17: from Latin 󲹱ōԾԳܲ
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Favonian, fav-ō′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the west wind, favourable.

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Such soft favonian airs upon a flute, Such shadowy censers burning live perfume, Shall lead the mystic city to her tomb; Nor flowerless springs, nor autumns without fruit, Nor summer mornings when the winds are mute, Trouble her soul till Rome be no more Rome.

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Soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.”

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See, the summer gay, 680 With her green chaplet, and ambrosial flowers, Droops into pallid autumn: winter grey, Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits, away: Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.

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The wind blew free that morn that we, High-hearted, sailed away; Bound for Favonian islands blest, Remote within the utmost West, Beyond the golden day.

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