feateous
English
Etymology
Compare Old French faitis, faitice, fetis (“well made, fine”), Latin facticius (“made by art”).
Adjective
feateous (comparative more feateous, superlative most feateous)
- (obsolete) dexterous; neat
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Related terms
- feateously
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for feateous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)