facetiaen.

Brit.

/fəˈsiːʃɪiː/, U.S.

/fəˈsiʃiˌi/,

/fəˈsiʃiˌaɪ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– facetiae, 1800s– facetia (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin facētiae, facētia.

Etymology: < classical Latin facētiae skilfulness, cleverness, wittiness, plural of facētia amusing thing or remark, joke < facētus facete adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French facétie pleasantry, witty remark (end of the 15th cent.; c1466–74 as facecie), Catalan facècia witticism, joke (1460), Spanish facecia (a1524), Italian facezia joke, witty remark (a1472).The following apparently shows earlier independent borrowing of the Middle French word:1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters ii. f. vii.^v /2 Wyth folyshe facecyes [1557 facecies] & blasphemous mockery.

1. With plural agreement. Humorous sayings or writings; witticisms.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke

gameOE

jape1377

bourda1387

mirthc1390

mowa1393

chapec1400

skauncec1440

sport?1449

popc1540

flirt1549

jest1551

merriment1576

shifta1577

facetiae1577

gig1590

pleasantry1594

lepidity1647

rallery1653

drollery1654

wit-crack1662

joco1663

pleasance1668

joke1670

jocunditya1734

quizzification1801

funniment1826

side-splitter1834

funniness1838

quizzery1841

jocularity1846

rib-tickler1855

jocosity1859

humorism1860

gag1863

gas1914

nifty1918

mirthquaker1921

rib1929

boffo1934

giggle1936

1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence 33 The merie & pleasant sayings of this figure are called facetiæ that is to say, the pleasures and delights of speech.

1698 tr. F. de la Mothe Le Vayer Acct. Tacitus in tr. Tacitus Ann. & Hist. I. 19 As for the little Collection of Facetiae, which Fulgentius Planciades quotes under Tacitus his Name, they are so manifestly supposititious, that scarce any body but that wretched Grammarian was ever impos'd upon by them.

1820 B. Stephenson tr. J. N. Forkel Life J. S. Bach 5 Some persons are inclined to consider these facetiae as the beginning of comic Operettas in Germany.

1848 Sci. Amer. 12 Feb. 167/3 (advt.) Topics of the Month, containing Gossip, A Chat with readers, and Correspondents, Anecdotes, Facetia, &c.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 324 Gilbert à Beckett..contributed jokes and facetiæ weekly.

1950 J. Symons A. J. A. Symons iv. 37 Children played and scribbled facetiae upon the neighbouring church wall.

1967 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 7 475 Sterne's art derives largely from one or other body of written material (the facetiæ, philosophical essay,..and burlesque satire) which has been culled from a period antecedent to his own.

2004 Moscow News (Nexis) 8 Dec. (City Life section) He or she faces an uneasy task: To parry perpetual wisecracks and facetiae from the other actors.

2. Used as a euphemism for: pornographic literature (esp. as described in book catalogues, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > pornography

facetiae1851

filth1872

pornography1896

pornographica1913

porn1962

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography > in literature

facetiae1851

scatology1876

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 293/2 He puts to the end of his catalogue..two pages that he calls ‘Facetiæ’..indecent books, indeed.

1913 H. Jackson Eighteen Nineties v. 122 The romance,..in its unexpurgated form, suggests deep knowledge of that literature generally classed under facetiæ and erotica by the booksellers.

1947 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 115/1 Facetiae is a booksellers' euphemism for ‘pornography’ or ‘a book with a certain amount of sexual interest’ and should be avoided by anyone who is not a bookseller.

1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 Feb. 6 A Literary Companion to Sex continues the ancient and laughable publishing tradition of semi-respectable facetiae (as they call it at the British Museum Reading Room).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	facetiae
释义	facetiaen. Brit. /fəˈsiːʃɪiː/, U.S. /fəˈsiʃiˌi/, /fəˈsiʃiˌaɪ/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– facetiae, 1800s– facetia (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin facētiae, facētia. Etymology: < classical Latin facētiae skilfulness, cleverness, wittiness, plural of facētia amusing thing or remark, joke < facētus facete adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French facétie pleasantry, witty remark (end of the 15th cent.; c1466–74 as facecie), Catalan facècia witticism, joke (1460), Spanish facecia (a1524), Italian facezia joke, witty remark (a1472).The following apparently shows earlier independent borrowing of the Middle French word:1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters ii. f. vii.^v /2 Wyth folyshe facecyes [1557 facecies] & blasphemous mockery. 1. With plural agreement. Humorous sayings or writings; witticisms. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke gameOE jape1377 bourda1387 mirthc1390 mowa1393 chapec1400 skauncec1440 sport?1449 popc1540 flirt1549 jest1551 merriment1576 shifta1577 facetiae1577 gig1590 pleasantry1594 lepidity1647 rallery1653 drollery1654 wit-crack1662 joco1663 pleasance1668 joke1670 jocunditya1734 quizzification1801 funniment1826 side-splitter1834 funniness1838 quizzery1841 jocularity1846 rib-tickler1855 jocosity1859 humorism1860 gag1863 gas1914 nifty1918 mirthquaker1921 rib1929 boffo1934 giggle1936 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence 33 The merie & pleasant sayings of this figure are called facetiæ that is to say, the pleasures and delights of speech. 1698 tr. F. de la Mothe Le Vayer Acct. Tacitus in tr. Tacitus Ann. & Hist. I. 19 As for the little Collection of Facetiae, which Fulgentius Planciades quotes under Tacitus his Name, they are so manifestly supposititious, that scarce any body but that wretched Grammarian was ever impos'd upon by them. 1820 B. Stephenson tr. J. N. Forkel Life J. S. Bach 5 Some persons are inclined to consider these facetiae as the beginning of comic Operettas in Germany. 1848 Sci. Amer. 12 Feb. 167/3 (advt.) Topics of the Month, containing Gossip, A Chat with readers, and Correspondents, Anecdotes, Facetia, &c. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 324 Gilbert à Beckett..contributed jokes and facetiæ weekly. 1950 J. Symons A. J. A. Symons iv. 37 Children played and scribbled facetiae upon the neighbouring church wall. 1967 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 7 475 Sterne's art derives largely from one or other body of written material (the facetiæ, philosophical essay,..and burlesque satire) which has been culled from a period antecedent to his own. 2004 Moscow News (Nexis) 8 Dec. (City Life section) He or she faces an uneasy task: To parry perpetual wisecracks and facetiae from the other actors. 2. Used as a euphemism for: pornographic literature (esp. as described in book catalogues, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > pornography facetiae1851 filth1872 pornography1896 pornographica1913 porn1962 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography > in literature facetiae1851 scatology1876 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 293/2 He puts to the end of his catalogue..two pages that he calls ‘Facetiæ’..indecent books, indeed. 1913 H. Jackson Eighteen Nineties v. 122 The romance,..in its unexpurgated form, suggests deep knowledge of that literature generally classed under facetiæ and erotica by the booksellers. 1947 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 115/1 Facetiae is a booksellers' euphemism for ‘pornography’ or ‘a book with a certain amount of sexual interest’ and should be avoided by anyone who is not a bookseller. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 Feb. 6 A Literary Companion to Sex continues the ancient and laughable publishing tradition of semi-respectable facetiae (as they call it at the British Museum Reading Room). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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