facetious
Meaning
- Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
- Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
- humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Synonyms
Translations
witzig
facétieux
jocoso
grappigFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fəˈsiːʃəs/
Etymology
From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).
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