English Explanatory Dictionary

featous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Neat, pretty.
  2. Well made; elegant, graceful.

Word forms

featous more featous most featous

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.

Derived words

featously
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