Featous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Neat, pretty. obsolete
  2. 2
    Well made; elegant, graceful. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English fetis, from Old French fetis, faitis, from Latin factīcius. Doublet of factitious. The spelling reflects an assumption that the word was derived from feat (“dexterous, neat”) + -ous.

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