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# The BFD Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-166/
- Published: 2020-07-10T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-05T04:14:21.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

The word for today is…

fictitious (adj) – Spurious, fake; fictional; created or assumed with the intention to conceal.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/fictitious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Fictitious is related to the Medieval Latin word fict?cius, meaning “artificial,” “imaginary,” “feigned,” or “fraudulent.” It was first used in English as an antonym for natural. For instance, a fake diamond would be referred to as a fictitious one. This use indicates the word’s deeper Latin roots: fict?cius is from the Latin verb fingere, meaning “to mold, fashion, make a likeness of; pretend to be.” Nowadays, fictitious is no longer used for physical things shaped by the human hand. Rather, it is typically used for imaginative creations or for feigned emotions.

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