favillous

English

Etymology

Latin favilla (“sparkling or glowing ashes”).

Adjective

favillous (comparative more favillous, superlative most favillous)

  1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      light and favillous particles

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for favillous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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