Definition of Favorite

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Favorite

A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.

Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.

The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.

Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.

Related Definitions:

Above, Affection, And, As, Authority, Betting, By, Child, Competitor, Dangling, Enriched, Especially, Esteem, Fashionable, Favor, Favorite, High, Horse, In, Is, Judged, Likely, Loved, Most, Of, One, Or, Over, Partiality, Particular, Peculiar, Person, Preference, Preferred, Race, Rank, Regarded, Reign, Short, Standing, That, The, Thing, To, Treated, Trusted, Unduly, Walk, Win, With

Favorite Quotations

What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.
Rodney Dangerfield

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Erma Bombeck

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.
Sigmund Freud

Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds.
Joan Rivers

My favorite animal is steak.
Fran Lebowitz

One of my favorite things is mayonnaise and I have to tell you that. I love mayonnaise, but I don't eat it any more. If I do I put light mayonnaise on it, which I know is still not good but it's a lot better than the other one and I don't eat it that much.
Mike Ditka

Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants.
Mike Ditka

Everyone has favorite criminals. Mine are pimps. We can all rob a bank; we can all sell drugs. Being a pimp is a whole other thing.
Chris Rock

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.
Elvis Presley

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
James Madison

Favorite Translations

favorite in Dutch is uitverkoren
favorite in French is favori
favorite in German is favorisieren, Favorit
favorite in Portuguese is favorito
favorite in Swedish is favorit

Quotes