factitious
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
factitious /fakˈtɪʃəs/
▶adjective artificial; contrived.
– derivatives
factitiously adverb,
factitiousness noun.
factitiously adverb,
factitiousness noun.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘made by skill’): from L. facticius ‘made by art’.
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