FACTITIOUS Meaning of FACTITIOUS in English [ fak'tɪʃəs ]■ adjective artificial; contrived.Derivatives~ly adverb~ness noun OriginC17 (in the sense 'made by skill'): from L. facticius 'made by art'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004