favoursome

English

Alternative forms

• favorsome

Etymology

From favour +‎ -some.

Adjective

favoursome (comparative more favoursome, superlative most favoursome)

1. (rare) Characterised or marked by favour or favouritism; acceptable, satisfactory.

   Synonym: favourable

   • 2011, Gardner Dozois, The Furthest Horizon:

     The second hill was easy of access but looked down on one small town only, and that none too favorsome in its appearance.

   • 2015, Doris Y. Kadish, ‎Deborah Jenson, Poetry of Haitian Independence, page 71:

     Goddess of Haiti, favorsome,
     Preserve in flowering loveliness
     Your treasures' sweet delirium.

Anagrams

• overfamous