3. (Physiol.) Pertaining to a faculty or faculties.

In short, there is no facultative plurality in the mind; it is a single organ of true judgment for all purposes, cognitive or practical.

J. Martineau.

||Fa`daise" (?), n. [F.] A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

{ Fai"ne*ance (?), Fai"ne*an*cy (?) }, n. [Cf. OF. faineance. See Fainéant.] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.

The mask of sneering faineance was gone.

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