favonian fa·vo·ni·an [fuh-voh-nee-uhn] adjective
1. of or pertaining to the west wind.
2. mild or favorable; propitious.
I was surprised I didn't know this word - what with all the maritime novels I read as a young man, I'd think it would have been in at least one of them. Maybe it was and I just didn't know what it meant...and I don't remember.
After all, when I was a young man was a long time ago.
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