factotum

[Lat. fac, imper. of facio =to do, and totum, neut. acc. of tot us =all, everything.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A servant or person employed to do all sorts of busine . 2. Print.: The ornamental great letters at the beginning of a book. ( Barclay .) *făc-tu-al, a. [Eng. fact ; -ual.] Relating to, containing, or consisting of facts. *făc-tum (pl. făc-ta), s. [Lat. neut. sing. of fact us , pa. par. of facio =to do.] [FACT.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A thing done; an act or deed. 2. Fact, as distinguished from points of law. II. Technically: 1. Arith .: The product of two or more numbers multiplied together. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1348.png:[blocks in formation]