facetious
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
facetious (comparative more facetious, superlative most facetious)
- Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
- Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.
- 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in,” Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged.
- Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
- Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:witty
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
flippant
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pleasantly humorous, jocular
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Further reading[edit]
- “facetious” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “facetious” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- facetious at OneLook Dictionary Search
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