FICKLENESS
Fic"kle*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy. Shak.
FICKLY
Fic"kly, adv.
Defn: In a fickle manner. [Obs.] Pepys.
FICO
Fi"co, n.; pl. Ficoes. Etym: [It., a fig, fr. L.ficus. See Fig.]
Defn: A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's
thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for
you.
Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. Shak.
FICTILE
Fic"tile, a. Etym: [L. fictilis. See Fiction.]
Defn: Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating
to pottery or to molding in any soft material.
Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. Bacon.
The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. C. Wordsworth.
Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped
while soft; hence, pottery of any sort.
— Fic"tile*ness, n.
— Fic*til"i*ty, n.
FICTION Fic"tion, n. Etym: [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.]
1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. Bp. Stillingfleet.