featous

English

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.

Adjective

featous (comparative more featous, superlative most featous)

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

Derived terms

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