"favouredness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: favoredness [alternative]
Etymology: From favoured + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|favoured|ness}} favoured + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} favouredness (uncountable)
  1. (chiefly in combination) The quality of being favoured. Tags: in-compounds, uncountable
    Sense id: en-favouredness-en-noun-mwKVlVSC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (archaic, in compounds) Appearance. Tags: archaic, in-compounds, uncountable
    Sense id: en-favouredness-en-noun-uwEZbn0e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: evil-favouredness, ill-favouredness, well-favouredness

Alternative forms

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