Xoanon (noun)
zo-an-on
(in ancient Greece) a primitive wooden image of a deity.
Early 18th century from Greek; related to xein ‘carve’.
Example sentences
“The xoanon was worn down with age.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
