1610s, "formed by imagination," from French fictif, from stem of Latin fictio (see fiction). Earlier as "convincingly deceptive" (late 15c.). Related: Fictively.
fictive sympathy
fictive talent
fiction
fictional
fictionalization
fictionalize
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ficus
-fid
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
fiddle-head
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