Factitious
Factitious , adjective
[Latin factitius, from facere to make. See Fact, and compare Fetich.]
Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading.