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Well-favored

Date "well-favored" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)


Synonyms: Well-favored

Synonyms: better-looking (adj), fine-looking (adj), good-looking (adj), handsome (adj), well-favoured (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Well-favored

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Beauty

Adjective: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive; (inviting); delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical; (regular); harmonious; (color); sightly.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Well-favored

English words defined with "well-favored": Gainsome. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Well-favored

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Modern Translations: Well-favored

Language Translations for "well-favored"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

很好倾向 (well-favoured). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

잘 호의를 보이는 (well-favoured). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ell-favoredway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Well-favored

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 29, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOi de ofqalmoi leiaV asqeneiV rachl de kalh tw eidei kai wraia th oyei
Latin405VulgateSed Lia lippis erat oculis Rahel decora facie et venusto aspectu
Middle English1395WyclifBut Lya was with blerid eyen, Rachel fayr in face, and with seemly biholdynge.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleLea was tender eyed: But Rahel was bewtifull ad well fauored.
Jacobean English1611King JamesLeah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
Victorian English1833WebsterLeah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

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Matched Bible Translations: Well-favored

LanguageGenesis Chapter 29, Verse 17
CebuanoUg ang mga mata ni Lea malomo man; apan si Raquel maanyag ug madanihon.
CroatianLea imala slabe oèi, a Rahela bila stasita i lijepa.
DanishLeas Øjne var matte, men Rakel havde en dejlig Skikkelse og så dejlig ud,
DutchDoch Lea had tedere ogen; maar Rachel was schoon van gedaante, en schoon van aangezicht.
FinnishJa Leealla oli sameat silmät, mutta Raakelilla oli kaunis vartalo ja kauniit kasvot.
FrenchLéa avait les yeux délicats; mais Rachel était belle de taille et belle de figure.
GermanAber Lea hatte ein blödes Gesicht, Rahel war hübsch und schön.
HungarianLeának pedig gyenge szemei valának, de Rákhel szép termetû és szép tekintetû vala.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLea matanya indah, sedangkan Rahel bertubuh molek dan berwajah cantik.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka Lea itu bermata biuku, tetapi Rakhel itu elok parasnya dan cantik sikapnya.
ItalianLia aveva gli occhi smorti, mentre Rachele era bella di forme e avvenente di aspetto,
MaoriHe papahewa nga kanohi o Rea; he mea ahuareka ia a Rahera, he ataahua hoki ki te titiro atu.
NorwegianLea hadde matte øine; men Rakel var vakker av skapning og vakker å se til.
PortugueseLéia tinha os olhos enfermos, enquanto que Raquel era formosa de porte e de semblante.   
RumanianLea avea ochii slabi; dar Rahela era frumoasq la staturq wi mkndrq la fayq.
RussianмЙС ВЩМБ УМБВБ ЗМБЪБНЙ, Б тБИЙМШ ВЩМБ ЛТБУЙЧБ УФБОПН Й ЛТБУЙЧБ МЙГЕН.
SpanishLos ojos de Lea eran tiernos, pero Raquel tenía una bella figura y un hermoso semblante.
SwedishOch Leas ögon voro matta, men Rakel hade en skön gestalt och var skön att skåda.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "Well-favored"

Words rhyming with "well-favored" (pronounced 'Well"-fa"vored'): ill-favored. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Well-favored

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-l-l-o-r-v-w"

-2 letters: overalled.

-3 letters: deflower, falderol, fallowed, farewell, fellowed, flavored, flowered, freeload, overawed, overflew, overlade, overleaf, overlewd, ravelled, reavowed, reflowed, rowelled, welldoer.

-4 letters: allover, allowed, dewfall, dweller, favored, federal, leeward, lowered, overall, overawe, overfed, raveled, roweled, wafered, wavered, welfare.

-5 letters: areole, avowed, avower, deafer, dealer, deflea, delver, dollar, drawee, elodea, evader, faller, fallow, fardel, feared, fedora.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Well-favored


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 65 6C 6C 2D 66 61 76 6F 72 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01100101 01101100 01101100 00101101 01100110 01100001 01110110 01101111 01110010 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#45 &#102 &#97 &#118 &#111 &#114 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0065 006C 006C 002D 0066 0061 0076 006F 0072 0065 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

577178781572678881847170

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