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Of or relating to the west wind.

Mild; benign.

adj - pertaining to the west wind

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Relating to the west wind

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Sep 4 2005 The Telegraph - General Knowledge

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Of or relating to the west wind.
Mild benign.

Favonian description
A west wind is a wind that blows from the west, in an eastward direction. In European tradition, it has usually been considered the mildest and most favorable of the directional winds. * In Greek mythology, Zephyrus was the personification of the west wind and the bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; his Roman equivalent was Favonius (hence the adjective favonian, pertaining to the west wind). In the myth of Cupid and Psyche, Zephyrus was the attendant of Cupid, who brought Psyche to his master's palace. * In Egyptian mythology, utchai is the god of the west wind. He was depicted has a man with the head of a serpent. * Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the "swete breth" of Zephyrus, and a soft, gentle breeze may be referred to as a zephyr, as in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline (IV, ii): "They are as gentle / As zephyrs blowing below the violet, / Not wagging his sweet head." * In Iroquois tradition, the "west wind" is brought by the Panther, ugly and fierce.

Favonian description

A west wind is a wind that blows from the west, in an eastward direction. In European tradition, it has usually been considered the mildest and most favorable of the directional winds.
* In Greek mythology, Zephyrus was the personification of the west wind and the bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; his Roman equivalent was Favonius (hence the adjective favonian, pertaining to the west wind). In the myth of Cupid and Psyche, Zephyrus was the attendant of Cupid, who brought Psyche to his master's palace.
* In Egyptian mythology, utchai is the god of the west wind. He was depicted has a man with the head of a serpent.
* Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the "swete breth" of Zephyrus, and a soft, gentle breeze may be referred to as a zephyr, as in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline (IV, ii): "They are as gentle / As zephyrs blowing below the violet, / Not wagging his sweet head."
* In Iroquois tradition, the "west wind" is brought by the Panther, ugly and fierce.

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