Made up or invented; not real or genuine; created for a specific purpose (rare variant of 'fictitious').
Variant spelling of 'fictitious,' from Latin 'fictitious' (made, formed, or fashioned). The '-ous' suffix comes from Latin, meaning 'full of' or 'characterized by'.
This is an older or dialectal spelling of 'fictitious'—seeing both forms in old texts shows how English spelling standardized over time, with 'fictitious' eventually winning out.
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