According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
DISFAVORING
Verb
disfavoring
present participle of disfavor
Source: Wiktionary
DISFAVOR
Dis*fa"vor, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur.] [Written also disfavour.]
1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551). Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone.
2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.
3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.
Dis*fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring.]
1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.
2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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