(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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