Facetious

Fa-ce′tious

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

facétieux

. See

Facetiæ

.]

1.

Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular;

as, a

facetious

companion

.

–

Fa-ce′tious-ly

,

adv.

–

Fa-ce′tious-ness

,

Noun.

Facetious

FACE'TIOUS

,

Adj.

[L. facetus; facetia, or plu.]

1.

Merry; sportive; jocular; sprightly with wit and good humor; as a facetious companion.

2.

Witty; full of pleasantry playful; exciting laughter; as a facetious story; a facetious reply.

facetious

English

Adjective

facetious ‎(comparative more facetious, superlative most facetious)

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.‎
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

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See also Wikisaurus:witty

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Translations

flippant

Bulgarian: шеговит (bg) ‎(šegovit), закачлив (bg) ‎(zakačliv)
Dutch: spottend (nl), spotterig
Finnish: epäasiallinen
French: facétieux (fr)

German: spöttisch (de), spöttelnd, sarkastisch (de)
Icelandic: spaugsamur m, gamansamur m
Italian: faceto (it)
Spanish: fisgón (es), socarrón (es)

pleasantly humorous, jocular

Bulgarian: забавен (bg) ‎(zabaven)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)}轻率的, ^{(please verify)}滑稽的
Dutch: grappig (nl)
Finnish: hyväntuulinen, leikillinen (fi)
French: facétieux (fr)
German: spaßig, witzig (de), lustig (de), humorvoll (de)
Greek: ευτράπελος (el) ‎(eftrápelos)

Hungarian: tréfálkozó (hu)
Italian: faceto (it)
Japanese: 剽軽 (ja) ‎(hyōkin)
Portuguese: faceto
Russian: шутли́вый (ru) ‎(šutlívyj), шу́точный (ru) ‎(šútočnyj), заба́вный (ru) ‎(zabávnyj)
Spanish: faceto m
Swedish: skämtsam (sv)

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Facetious

FACE'TIOUS

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