Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
featous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Dexterous; neat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
dexterous ;neat
Etymologies
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Compare Old French faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, Latin facticius made by art.
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Examples
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Then they doffed their dress and plunging into the water, fell to playing with one another, whilst the chief damsel ducked the others, who dared not lay a finger on her and she was fairest of favour and most famous of form and most feateous of finery.
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Then they doffed their dress and plunging into the water, fell to playing with one another, whilst the chief damsel ducked the others, who dared not lay a finger on her and she was fairest of favour and most famous of form and most feateous of finery.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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