favillous
English
Etymology
Latin favilla (“sparkling or glowing ashes”).
Adjective
favillous (comparative more favillous, superlative most favillous)
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- light and favillous particles
- Sir Thomas Browne
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)