factice

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæktɪs/

factice (countable and uncountable, plural factices)

1. Vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.
   • 1999, M.J. Loadman, Analysis of Rubber and Rubber-like Polymers, page 56:

     Although factice is, strictly speaking, not a plasticizer, being added to mixes for a whole range of reasons including the improvement of dimensional stability and rigidity of unsupported articles in hot air cures, the improvement of surface finish and electrical insulation, it does nevertheless act as a softener, improving filler dispersion and decreasing the energy requirements of mixing.

2. An oversized, mock perfume bottle, usually filled with colored water instead of perfume, used for display purposes in perfumeries.

Borrowed from Latin factīcius. Compare the inherited Old French form faitis as well as the doublet fétiche, borrowed from Portuguese.

• IPA^(key): /fak.tis/

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factice (plural factices)

1. fake, artificial, false

• fait

• “factice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French factice.

factice m or f or n (masculine plural factici, feminine and neuter plural factice)

1. fake, artificial, false