factitious

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin factitius "artificial", from facere "to make, do".

[edit] Adjective

factitious (comparative more factitious, superlative most factitious)

1. Created by humans, artificial.
   • 1661, Robert Lovell, a Compleat History of Animals and Minerals, page 351

     [...] if from erosion of the gums, by such things as restore them, strengthen and bind them; if wanting, it may be helped by the factitious; their ſordes are removed, by washing and cleaning them; and their blacknesse, by dentifrices.

2. Counterfeit, fabricated.

[edit] Derived terms

• factitiously
• factitiousness