favouredness

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From favoured +‎ -ness.

Noun

favouredness (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly in combination) The quality of being favoured.
  2. (archaic, in compounds) Appearance.
    • 1885, The Bible (English Revised Version), Deuteronomy 17:1
      Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or any evil-favouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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