Definitions for factitious

factitious fac·ti·tious

Spelling: [fak-tish-uh s]
IPA: /fækˈtɪʃ əs/

Factitious is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 363 anagrams from letters in factitious (acfiiosttu).

Definitions for factitious

adjective

  1. not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived:
  2. made; manufactured:

Origin of factitious

First recorded in 1640-50, factitious is from the Latin word factīcius made by art, artificial. See fact, -itious

Examples for factitious

At the next he thought with factitious solemnity: 'Yes, my boy!

The officers of the society were to be known only by factitious (sic) names.

It was a factitious strength, the restlessness of incipient insanity.

This appears to me an insoluble question, and probably, even, a factitious one.

factitious cinnabar, Red sulphide of mercury, Red sulphuret of mercury.

Indeed it has created a factitious interest in da Vinci's masterwork.

He was in that state of factitious discontent which belongs to us amiable English.

The end is not violent or factitious, it is necessary and inevitable.

What is this farcical, factitious glamour that will not bear the light of day?

In these cases, it is not merely that everything is exaggerated, but everything is factitious.

Word Value for factitious
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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