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featous

featous adjective: neat, pretty.

Adjective

featous (comparative more featous, superlative most featous)

  1. (obsolete) Neat, pretty.
  2. (obsolete) Well made; elegant, graceful.

Forms of featous

comparativemore featous
superlativemost featous

Origin of featous

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.

Words formed from featous

Questions about featous

What does featous mean?
Featous means neat, pretty.
What part of speech is featous?
Featous is an adjective.

Words near featous in the dictionary

  1. feating
  2. featless
  3. featliest
  4. featly
  5. featness
  6. featous
  7. featously
  8. feats
  9. feats of strength
  10. featuous
  11. featurable

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