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Fac"tion*ist, n. One who promotes
faction.

Fac"tious (?). a. [L. factiosus:
cf. F. factieux.] 1. Given to faction;
addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to
government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor
against public measures or men; -- said of persons.

Factious for the house of
Lancaster.

2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from
faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or
expressions; as, factious quarrels.

Headlong zeal or factious fury.

-- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious-
ness, n.

Fac*ti"tious (?), a. [L.
factitius, fr. facere to make. See Fact, and cf.
Fetich.] Made by art, in distinction from what is
produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an
artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard
or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a
factitious taste.


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