Bible Dictionaries
Factitious

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Factitious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/factitious.html. 1828.