Word of the Day

factitious \fak-TISH-uhs\,

adjective:

1. Produced artificially, in distinction from what is produced by nature.
2. Artificial; not authentic or genuine; sham.

Factitious comes from Latin facticius, "made by art, artificial," from the past participle of facere, "to make."

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