facety

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facety (comparative more facety, superlative most facety)

  1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) playfully rude; feisty
    • 2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 2:
      My teachers, in the main, thought this was good, but in my parents' opinion I was just simply “facety,” or in plain English, rude or impertinent. Well, the discovery came about as a result of my being “facety” to Mavis.