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Definition of Favel
1. a. Yellow; fal&?;ow; dun.
2. n. A horse of a favel or dun color.
3. n. Flattery; cajolery; deceit.
Definition of Favel
1. Noun. (obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Favel
1. light brown [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Favel
Literary usage of Favel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"IER and favel report (Annales des Mai., etc., Nov. 1885) a ease of well-marked
progressive ... favel ..."
2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1889)
"Then favel brought out florins enough, and bade Guile give gold all about, and
specially to the notaries that none of them might fail, and fee False-Witness ..."
3. The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman: In Three Parallel Texts by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1886)
"The word favel here, signifying flattery (from La.t./a6u{a), must be carefully
distinguished from the same word (from the German fa/6) as used to denote the ..."
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