factious

[Fr. factieux, from Lat. factiosus, from factio; Sp. faccioso; Ital. fazioso.] *1. Active, urgent, persevering. "Be factious for redre of all these griefs." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, i. 3. 2. Given to faction or party; opposed to the established government; seditious, turbulent. "Peace, factious monster! born to vex the state With wrangling talent, formed for foul debate." Pope: Homer's Iliad , ii. 306. 3. Pertaining to or proceeding from faction; characterized by opposition to government; seditious. "He perpetually complains of the endle talking, the factious squabbling, the inconstancy, ." - Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xx. Crabb thus discriminates between factious and seditious : " Factious is an epithet to characterize the tempers of men; seditious characterizes their conduct; the factious man attempts to raise him self into importance, he aims at authority, and seeks to interfere in the measures of government; the seditious man attempts to excite others, and to 1762 provoke their resistance to established authority: the first wants to be a law-giver; the second does not hesitate to be a law-breaker: the first wants to direct the state; the second to overturn it. Fac tious is mostly applied to individuals; seditious is employed for bodies of men: hence we speak of a factious nobleman, a seditious multitude." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) făc-tious-ly, adv . [Eng. factious ; -ly .] In a factious or seditious manner; by means of faction. făc-tious-ne , s. [Eng. factious ; -ne .] The quality of being factious or seditious; inclination to the forming of parties or factions; disposition to clamor and disturbance of public order. făc-ti-tious, a . [Lat. fact it i us , from fact us , pa. par. of facio ; Sp. facticio ; Fr. factice .] 1. Made by art; artificial, not natural. "Gla becomes the chiefest ground for artificial and factitious gems."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. i., ch. i. 2. Sham, false, not genuine. "I have added sweets, from which our factitious wines are made."-Burke: Regicide Peace, let. 3. 3. Not natural, artificial, conventional. "He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit of desultory reading." - De Quincey. făc-ti-tious-ly, adv . [Eng. factitious ; -ly.] In a factitious, artificial, or non-natural manner. făc-ti-tious-ne , s . [Eng. factitious; -ne .] The quality of being factitious or artificial. *fact-ist, s . [Eng. fact ; -ist.] One that makes poems, one that writes plays. ( Ash .)