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favourite 1, adjective(dictionary)
favourite 2, noun(dictionary)
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favourite (iou)



favourite noun & adjective. Also *favorite. L16.
[French favorit (now favori, -ite) from Italian favorito pa. pple of favorire, from favore FAVOUR noun.]
A. noun.
A person or thing regarded with particular favour and preferred above others. L16.
Day Lewis She sang..'Kathleen Mavourneen' and other popular favourites of the time. S. Bellow An older brother was the favourite; she was neglected.
b. A competitor generally expected to win; esp. a race-horse etc. at the shortest odds. E19.
H. Cecil The favourite for the Oaks is My Conscience and the betting on it is 2 to 1 against.
A chosen intimate companion of a monarch or other person in power, esp. when unduly favoured. L16.
S. Spender D..behaved to me like a spoiled favourite towards a mad prince.
A supporter, a well-wisher, a friend, a follower. Only in L16.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI This factious bandying of their favourites.
A curl or lock of hair hanging loose on the temple (as fashionable during the 17th and 18th cents.). obsolete exc. Hist. L17.
J. Gay Sooner I would..with immodest fav'rites shade my face.
b. adjective. Regarded with especial favour or liking, preferred above others. E18.
favourite son US a person who has endeared himself particularly to his country or State; esp. a candidate for presidential or other high office who has the support of the constituency or the political leaders of his own State.
S. Kauffmann A bottle of their favourite wine, sparkling Burgundy. A. Thwaite They treated him like a favourite nephewsharing his interests, listening to his poems.