FABRICATION Copy link • FABRICATIONPROPR., fabricatio (Cic.): fabrica (PROP., the work-shop of a faber; then his art, or any work of his; and, IMPROP., of the scientific or artificial preparation of any structure or compound). IMPROPR., fictio (Quint.): confictio (Cic., as act): res ficta, or commenticia, or ficta et commenticia. Monstrous fabrications, monstra, portenta: a mere fabrication, mera mendacia (plur.).