a. [ad. L. favōniān-us, f. Favōnius the west wind.] Of or pertaining to the west wind; hence, favourable, gentle, propitious.

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1656–81.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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1742.  Young, Nt. Th., vi. 686.

        Then melts into the Spring: soft Spring, with breath
Favonian, from warm chambers of the South.

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1771.  Fletcher, Checks, Wks. 1795, II. 267. The favonian breathings and sighs which attended his preaching and prayers.

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a. 1821.  Keats, in Life & Lett. (1848), II. 263.

          Softly tell her not to fear
Such calm favonian burial!

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1854.  W. J. Cory, Ionica, A Birthday (1858), 78.

        And at the cradle did decree
  That fifteen years should pass, and thou
  Should’st breathe upon that pallid brow
Favonian airs of mirth and glee.

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