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I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?
Martin Lawrence

Meaning of "facetious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FACETIOUS

From Old French facetieux, from facetie witty saying.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FACETIOUS

facetious  [fəˈsiːʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACETIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Facetious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FACETIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

facetious

Humour

Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours, controlled human health and emotion. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. Most people are able to experience humour—i.e., to be amused, to smile or laugh at something funny—and thus are considered to have a sense of humour. The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour induced by humour to be inexplicable, strange, or even irrational. Though ultimately decided by personal taste, the extent to which a person finds something humorous depends on a host of variables, including geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, intelligence and context. For example, young children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, whose purely physical nature makes it more accessible to them.

Definition of facetious in the English dictionary

The definition of facetious in the dictionary is characterized by levity of attitude and love of joking. Other definition of facetious is jocular or amusing, esp at inappropriate times.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FACETIOUS


androdioecious
ˌændrəʊdaɪˈiːʃəs
andromonoecious
ˌændrəʊmɒˈniːʃəs
autecious
ɔːˈtiːʃəs
autoecious
ɔːˈtiːʃəs
cautious
ˈkɔːʃəs
Confucius
kənˈfjuːʃəs
diecious
daɪˈiːʃəs
gynodioecious
ˌɡaɪnəʊdaɪˈiːʃəs
gynomonoecious
ˌɡaɪnəʊmɔːˈniːʃəs
heteroecious
ˌhɛtəˈriːʃəs
incautious
ɪnˈkɔːʃəs
monecious
mɒˈniːʃəs
parecious
pəˈriːʃəs
paroecious
pəˈriːʃəs
specious
ˈspiːʃəs
synecious
sɪˈniːʃəs
tertius
ˈtɜːʃəs
tortious
ˈtɔːʃəs
triecious
traɪˈiːʃəs
trioecious
traɪˈiːʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACETIOUS

facedown
faceless
facelessness
facemail
faceman
faceplate
faceprint
facer
facet
facete
faceted
facetely
facetiae
FaceTime
facetiously
facetiousness
facetted
facetting
faceup
faceworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACETIOUS

ambitious
captious
conscientious
contentious
delicious
expeditious
factitious
fictitious
flirtatious
infectious
licentious
nutritious
ostentatious
pretentious
rambunctious
scrumptious
superstitious
tendentious
unambitious
unpretentious
vexatious

Synonyms and antonyms of facetious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FACETIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «facetious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of facetious

Translation of «facetious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACETIOUS

Find out the translation of facetious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of facetious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «facetious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开玩笑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

facetious
570 millions of speakers

English

facetious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेमानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طريف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шутливые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jocoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রসিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

facétieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fasih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scherzhaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひょうきんな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우스운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Facetious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đùa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகைப்பூட்டுகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वैराचारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alaycı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

faceto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żartobliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жартівливі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

glumeț
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

facetious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snaaks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

facetious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spøke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of facetious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACETIOUS»

The term «facetious» is regularly used and occupies the 91.538 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FACETIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about facetious

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2 QUOTES WITH «FACETIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word facetious.
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Isaac Barrow
I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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Martin Lawrence
I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACETIOUS»

Discover the use of facetious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to facetious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Comic English Grammar - a New and Facetious Introduction ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
Anon, 2009
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The Comic Latin Grammar - a New Facetious Introduction to ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
Anon, 2009
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... humor, sarcasm, satire, irony, repartee witty, humorous, facetious, jocular, jocose are comparable when they apply to persons and their utterances and mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter or smiles. Witty (compare WIT) suggests ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The Facetious Nights of Straparola
In Four Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.
‎2007
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The Comic Latin Grammar: A New and Facetious Introduction to ...
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge.
Percival Leigh, 2010
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Scarron's Comical Romance, Or, A Facetious History of a ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Monsieur Scarron, 2010
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Horae Jocoae Or the Doggerel Decameron: Being the Facetious ...
To Which Are Added, Some Miscellaneous Pieces.
Joseph Lunn, 2010
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Book Of Mean People: Don't Be A Meanie
An award-winning author and her son present, in their second collaboration, different and humorous perspectives on how people can be mean. Reprint.
Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, 2005
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The Facetious Nights of Straparola, Volume 1...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Girolamo Morlini, 2012
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Pope Julius the Second a Comical and Facetious Dialogue ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Desiderius Erasmus, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACETIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term facetious is used in the context of the following news items.
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FACETIOUS OR TWO-HEADED SNAKE: Letter from Najib's lawyers …
KUALA NERUS - The letter sent by lawyers representing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) seeking ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Fracker Falcon Oil & Gas hunts a major payday for investors
O'Quigley is at times a likeable, jocular sort of character. Facetious, even. To his credit, he doesn't get all tongue-tied in corporate babble talk, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Punctuation-Free Line Confuses Local Journalist
Mr. Lileks is almost certainly being facetious here, as the line is meant to be read as “[There are] treats [and I am/we are] excited.”. «AgencySpy, Jul 15»
4
Greece's Great Depression
This may seem facetious some six years into recovery, but many policy makers don't understand the severity of the Great Recession, or its ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Pirates of Penzance review: Mike Leigh evokes essence of Gilbert …
The Pirates of Penzance is one of the zaniest of all Gilbert and Sullivan's mad facetious operas. The young hero who – in the 1880s – won't ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
6
A leader and a winner, Tyson Chandler joins Phoenix Suns with …
Truth is, a claim like that -- facetious with hints of truth -- cannot really be made until he puts on a Suns uniform and goes to work. When he does ... «Arizona Sports, Jul 15»
7
DARRELL HUCKABY: How did we Baby Boomers survive childhood?
I'm being facetious now. No emails, please. We might have needed car seats but we certainly didn't have them. Seatbelts, either, for that matter. «Rockdale Citizen, Jul 15»
8
REO - The story of SDM
Never ones to avoid facetious egotism we called the EP 'SDM Save The World'. To be fair, that is a lyric pulled from Transformers, one of four ... «Krank.ie, Jul 15»
9
4 Strategies to Improve How You Deal With Conflict
Are people being outright rude, overly facetious or dismissive? If the answer is yes, then it's too intense. Behfar advocates being “direct, but not ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
10
Editorial: Mr Williams' whimsy
CARL WILLIAMS was no doubt being facetious when he, this week, proclaimed for himself a perfect score for his performance in the 10 months ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»

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