facetious

English

Etymology

From French facétieux, from Latin facetia (“jest, wit”), from facetus (“witty”).

Pronunciation

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

  Rhymes: -iːʃəs

• Hyphenation: fa‧ce‧tious

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Adjective

facetious (comparative more facetious, superlative most facetious)

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

Finnish: epäasiallinen (fi) French: facétieux (fr) Icelandic: spaugsamur (is) m., gamansamur (is) m.

pleasantly humorous, jocular

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

Finnish: hyväntuulinen, leikillinen Portuguese: busseta Swedish: skämtsam (sv)

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