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Fictile
Fictile Fic"tile, a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.] Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material. Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. --Bacon. The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.
Fictile ware
Fictile Fic"tile, a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.] Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material. Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. --Bacon. The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.
Fictileness
Fictile Fic"tile, a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.] Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material. Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. --Bacon. The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.
Fictility
Fictile Fic"tile, a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.] Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material. Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. --Bacon. The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.
Fiction
Fiction Fic"tion, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality. The fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon. --Sir W. Raleigh. When it could no longer be denied that her flight had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented to account for it. --Macaulay. 3. Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances. The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction and moral elevation has been recognized by most if not all great educators. --Dict. of Education. 4. (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth. --Wharton. 5. Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue. Syn: Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood. Usage: Fiction, Fabrication. Fiction is opposed to what is real; fabrication to what is true. Fiction is designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct; a fabrication is always intended to mislead and deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have fiction of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so called, were chiefly fabrications by Macpherson.
Fictional
Fictional Fic"tion*al, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.``Fictional rather than historical.' --Latham.
Fictionist
Fictionist Fic"tion*ist, n. A writer of fiction. [R.] --Lamb.
Fictious
Fictious Fic"tious, a. Fictitious. [R.] --Prior.
Fictitious
Fictitious Fic*ti"tious, a. [L. fictitius. See Fiction.] Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. --Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.
Fictitiously
Fictitious Fic*ti"tious, a. [L. fictitius. See Fiction.] Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. --Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.
Fictitiousness
Fictitious Fic*ti"tious, a. [L. fictitius. See Fiction.] Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. --Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.
Fictive
Fictive Fic"tive, a. [Cf. F. fictif.] Feigned; counterfeit. ``The fount of fictive tears.' --Tennyson.

Meaning of Ficti from wikipedia

- forcene Or in chief three Saint Cuthbert's crosses Argent. Crest: Motto: Vera fictis libentius University, granted 29 May 1912 Escutcheon: Azure a Cross patonce...
- and small a lyre Or, mantled Gules doubled Argent The college motto, Vera Fictis Libentius, was taken from the inscription of the 1875 statue of Lord Macaulay...
- Ino quae gens foret. Arcadas esse audit et Euandrum sceptra tenere loci; dissimulata deam Latias Saturnia Bacchas instimulat fictis insidiosa sonis:"...
- Teesside Facta Non Verba Latin Deeds not words Trevelyan College, Durham Vera fictis libentius Latin Truth more readily than falsehood University College, Durham...
- piece in two hexameters: Colmano versus in Colmanum perheriles / Scottigena ficti patriae cupidum et remeantem. Colman expresses regret that he will be left...