† ˈfavourous, a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ous. Cf. OF. favo(u)reux.]
a. Full of favour, obliging. b. Adapted to win favour, pleasing.
| c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 673 To wype my fete þou wer nat so faworus. 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 591 Lufe is facound: and lufe is fauorous. Ibid. iv. 110 With humbill hart..and fassounis fauorous. 1597 Breton Wit's Trenchmour Wks. (1879) 9/2 When women were wont to be kind⁓harted, conceits in men were verie fauourous. 1775 Ash (citing Chaucer), Favirous, favourable. |