† fabrefactionn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action or process of fashioning or making (a work of art).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising
crafta1398
artifice1526
contriving1583
hammering1589
contrivement1599
contrival1602
mintage1632
contrivance1644
fabrefaction1652
artificery1688
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 29 O toylsome labour! in prestigious fabrefaction.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 429 The Platonists, whose Inferiour Generated Gods..were supposed to have had a stroke in the Fabrefaction of Mankind.
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n.1652- art worker
- art world
- art-and-crafty
- art-critical
- art-critically
- art-direct
- art-directed
- art-educate
- art-educated
- art-for-arter
- art-for-arts-saker
- art-historical
- art-historically
- art-like
- art-lover
- art-loving
- art-making
- art-monger
- art-spun
- art-workman
- art-worm
- artandcrafty
- artane
- artation
- artcritical