a. [f. L. facula (see FACULA) + -OUS.] Consisting of faculæ; of the nature of faculæ.
1868. B. Stewart, The Sun as a Type of the Material Universe, in Macm. Mag., July, 251/2. The faculous mass seemed to be giving out its end, veiling the umbra.
1869. The Spectator, 3 July, 786. The intense brilliancy of the faculous ridges.
