FACTIOUS Copy link • FACTIOUSseditiosus (of persons or things; e.g., oratio, concio, voces): rerum evertendarum or rerum novarum cupidus: rerum mutationis cupidus: turbulentus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) seditiosus ac turbulentus. ☞ Not factiosus, which means “one who has a large body of followers, a party,” etc.: its only approach to the meaning of “factious” is when it is implied that the person aims at being the head of a party.