"featous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more featous [comparative], most featous [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fetis}} Middle English fetis, {{der|en|fro|fetis}} Old French fetis, {{m|fro|faitis}} faitis, {{der|en|la|factīcius}} Latin factīcius, {{doublet|en|factitious}} Doublet of factitious, {{m|en|feat||dexterous, neat}} feat (“dexterous, neat”), {{m|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} featous (comparative more featous, superlative most featous)
  1. (obsolete) Neat, pretty. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-featous-en-adj-vzCndgBL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. (obsolete) Well made; elegant, graceful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-featous-en-adj-v--hCbBv

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