Latin

Noun

facētia f ‎(genitive facētiae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) jest, wit, humour

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• facētē
• facētior
• facētus

Descendants

• French: facétie
• Portuguese: facécia

References

• facetia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FACETIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “facetia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make witty remarks: facetiis uti, facetum esse
    
• facetious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911