favel
adjective, noun
favel is an adjective meaning “yellow or dun in colour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-V-E-L, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does favel mean?
adjective
- 1
yellow or dun in colour
noun
- 1
A horse of a favel or dun colour.
- 2
obsoleteflattery; cajolery; deceit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of favel
- more favel comparative
- most favel superlative
- favels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is favel?
Favel appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does favel come from?
From Old French fauvel, favel, diminutive of Old French fauve; of German origin. See fallow (adjective).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).