Facetious

English

Etymology

From French facétieux < Latin facetia (“‘jest, wit’”) < facetus (“‘witty’”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fəˈsiː.ʃəs/, SAMPA: /f@"si:.S@s/

  Rhymes: -iːʃəs

• Hyphenation: fuh-see-shus

Adjective

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1. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

   Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious.

2. Pleasantly humorous, jocular.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:witty

Derived terms

• facetiously
• facetiousness

Translations

flippant

Bulgarian: непочтителен bg(bg), лекомислен bg(bg) Dutch: spottend nl(nl), spotterig nl(nl)

Finnish: epäasiallinen fi(fi)

pleasantly humorous, jocular

Bulgarian: шеговит bg(bg) Chinese: 轻率的, 滑稽的 Dutch: grappig nl(nl)

Finnish: hyväntuulinen, leikillinen Portuguese: busseta

External links

• Facetious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Facetious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Facetious at OneLook® Dictionary Search

Trivia

This word uses all five vowels just once and in alphabetical order. If y is counted as a vowel, then facetiously uses all six vowels in alphabetical order.

ar:facetious de:facetious el:facetious io:facetious kn:facetious hu:facetious ml:facetious my:facetious ru:facetious ta:facetious te:facetious vi:facetious zh:facetious