harsh-favoured

Updated: July 24, 2026

Not that he was ugly or harsh-favoured, he was too genial for either; he was simply well-favoured enough to pass in a fair, as the saying goes, which is a midway between Apollo and plain Donald But what with a jacket and vest all creased for the most apparent reasons, a plaid frayed to ribbons in dashing through the wood of Dalness, brogues burst at the toes, and a bonnet soaked all out of semblance to itself by rains, he appeared more common.

Neil Munro - John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn