favonian

[ fuh-voh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

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

favonian

/ fəˈvəʊnɪən /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of favonian¹

1650–60; < Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn

Word History and Origins

Origin of favonian¹

C17: from Latin Favōniānus

Example Sentences

Favonian, fav-ō′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the west wind, favourable.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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