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Webster 1913 Edition


Facetiae


Fa-ce′ti-æ

,
Noun.
pl.
[L., fr.
facetus
. See
Facete
.]
Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Definition 2024


facetiae

facetiae

English

Noun

facetiae pl (plural only)

  1. (rare) Witty or amusing writings or remarks.

References

  • facetiae” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • facetiae” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Latin

Noun

facētiae

  1. nominative plural of facētia
  2. genitive singular of facētia
  3. dative singular of facētia
  4. vocative plural of facētia

References

  • facetiae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • facetiae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers