Word Study
favourite
OXFORD DICTIONARY
favourite, adj. & n. (US favorite)
--adj. preferred to all others (my favourite book).
--n.
1 a specially favoured person.
2 Sport a competitor thought most likely to win.
--adj. preferred to all others (my favourite book).
--n.
1 a specially favoured person.
2 Sport a competitor thought most likely to win.
Idiom
favourite son US a person preferred as the presidential candidate by delegates from the candidate's home State.
Etymology
obs. F favorit f. It. favorito past part. of favorire favour
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