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disˈfavourite, n. rare.
[f. dis- 9 + favourite: cf. It. disfavorito.]
One who is the opposite of a favourite; one regarded with disfavour.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. (1632) 555 Kings brooke not to be braued by Subjects, nor is it wisedome for dis-fauourites to doe it. 1884Daily News 30 Oct. 5/1 He has his likes and dislikes, his favourites and his disfavourites (if we may use the word).
So † disˈfavourite v. trans. Obs., to depose from the position of a favourite, cast out of favour.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Invoc. Saints 9 Aman that great Minion of the Persian Monarch, was disfavourited in a moment. |