Made up, fabricated, or invented rather than genuine; created for a particular purpose.
From Latin 'commentitius' (invented, fabricated), derived from 'commentum' (something thought out). This rare English adjective preserves the original Latin sense of something artificially created.
This gorgeous old word shows how Latin roots can mean completely different things—'commentum' originally meant 'invented' (something thought up from whole cloth), but 'comment' now means discussing something real, showing how meanings flip over time!
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