facetiousadj.

Brit.

/fəˈsiːʃəs/, U.S.

/fəˈsiʃəs/

Forms: 1500s–1600s facecious, 1500s– facetious.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French facétieux.

Etymology: < Middle French, French facétieux witty, humorous, pleasant (end of the 15th cent. in Middle French as facecieux ) < facétie ( < classical Latin facētia : see facetiae n.) + -eux -ous suffix.In sense 1 after classical Latin facetus facete adj.

†1. Of style, manners, etc.: polished, elegant, agreeable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured

polite?a1500

fileda1533

facetious1542

exquisited1581

refined1582

smooth1589

perpolite1592

terse1628

washed1628

refine1646

parliamentary1789

literary1793

urbane1800

1542 [implied in: N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 319 Cicero..is not ashamed to confesse hymself to be inferiour to Caelius in witte & faceciousnesse. (at facetiousness n.)].

?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. A4 His facetious grace in writting, that aprooues his Art.

1628 T. May in tr. Virgil Georgicks iv. 76 Iunius Higinius with diligence..hath at large discoursed of the nature of Bees... Cornelius Celsus in an elegant and facetious stile hath made illustration of it.

1738 S. Mather Apology Liberties Churches New Eng. 147 I Have a Letter in my Hands, and the very Original Letter, of the learned and pious and facetious Mr. Charles Morton of Charles-Town in New-England.

2. Characterized by or given to pleasantry or joking, now esp. when inappropriate or flippant; witty, humorous, amusing.

a. Of an utterance, composition, action, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > characterized by jesting or humour

jocatory1576

facetious1594

jocular1674

jocose1699

jokesome1810

humoresque1896

1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie 40 To heare the merry interloquutors of facetious Dialogues, pretty and quicke conceits, and rancounters of Comediens, in their comedies, and stage plaies.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 203 It was then thought facetious.

a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) 76 Facetious speech there serves onely to obstruct and entangle businesse.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. Pref. 11 Intermixed the serious part sometimes with a facetious accident.

a1799 J. Tweddell Remains (1815) xxxi. 167 It was, to be sure, a very facetious humbug.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 42 Aunty gave George a nudge with her finger, designed to be immensely facetious.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 346 Facetious messages..passed between the besieged and the besiegers.

1911 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler Conc. Oxf. Dict. Pref. p. v We admit colloquial, facetious, slang, and vulgar expressions with freedom, merely attaching a cautionary label.

1955 G. McClintic Me & Kit xiv. 213 Kit had survived that first day of facetious remarks at rehearsal... I, too, had been all but smothered with a barrage of wit.

1983 L. Knowles Encouraging Talk iii. 60 The group move into a consideration of..the nation's leaders in a somewhat caustic and facetious vein.

2000 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 23 July 27/1 The resemblance between the two is extraordinary... I decided to write a facetious article stating that Joyce and Jennings had been separated at birth.

b. Of a person, his or her qualities, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > inclined to jest or joke

wantonc1405

facetious1601

jocular1625

jocose1673

ludicrous1687

jokish1785

joky1825

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. ii. sig. D2^v My sweete facetious Rascall.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 179 I am no way facetious nor disposed for the mirth..of Company.

1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 333 He was of a pleasant, facetious Temper.

1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 Transmitted..by a facetious Correspondent.

1805 Times 4 Sept. 3/2 An immense number of respectable mummers, monster-mongers, pickle-herrings, sharpers, charlatans,..and other facetious Gentlemen and Ladies.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxiv. 300 ‘Oh you terrible old man!’ cried the facetious Merry to herself.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 283 The mediæval carvers were many of them facetious fellows.

1928 Dial. Notes 6 61 The proper name Peter..is so universally used by children and facetious adults as a name for the penis that it never quite loses this significance.

1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 35 Three Men In A Boat..confirmed the belief that the only way to be funny was to be facetious..and insensitive to the verge of being cruel.

2005 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Sports section) c7 I don't regret anything. I was being facetious at the time and they took it the wrong way.

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

单词	facetious
释义	facetiousadj. Brit. /fəˈsiːʃəs/, U.S. /fəˈsiʃəs/ Forms: 1500s–1600s facecious, 1500s– facetious. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French facétieux. Etymology: < Middle French, French facétieux witty, humorous, pleasant (end of the 15th cent. in Middle French as facecieux ) < facétie ( < classical Latin facētia : see facetiae n.) + -eux -ous suffix.In sense 1 after classical Latin facetus facete adj. †1. Of style, manners, etc.: polished, elegant, agreeable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured polite?a1500 fileda1533 facetious1542 exquisited1581 refined1582 smooth1589 perpolite1592 terse1628 washed1628 refine1646 parliamentary1789 literary1793 urbane1800 1542 [implied in: N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 319 Cicero..is not ashamed to confesse hymself to be inferiour to Caelius in witte & faceciousnesse. (at facetiousness n.)]. ?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. A4 His facetious grace in writting, that aprooues his Art. 1628 T. May in tr. Virgil Georgicks iv. 76 Iunius Higinius with diligence..hath at large discoursed of the nature of Bees... Cornelius Celsus in an elegant and facetious stile hath made illustration of it. 1738 S. Mather Apology Liberties Churches New Eng. 147 I Have a Letter in my Hands, and the very Original Letter, of the learned and pious and facetious Mr. Charles Morton of Charles-Town in New-England. 2. Characterized by or given to pleasantry or joking, now esp. when inappropriate or flippant; witty, humorous, amusing. a. Of an utterance, composition, action, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > characterized by jesting or humour jocatory1576 facetious1594 jocular1674 jocose1699 jokesome1810 humoresque1896 1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie 40 To heare the merry interloquutors of facetious Dialogues, pretty and quicke conceits, and rancounters of Comediens, in their comedies, and stage plaies. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 203 It was then thought facetious. a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) 76 Facetious speech there serves onely to obstruct and entangle businesse. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. Pref. 11 Intermixed the serious part sometimes with a facetious accident. a1799 J. Tweddell Remains (1815) xxxi. 167 It was, to be sure, a very facetious humbug. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 42 Aunty gave George a nudge with her finger, designed to be immensely facetious. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 346 Facetious messages..passed between the besieged and the besiegers. 1911 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler Conc. Oxf. Dict. Pref. p. v We admit colloquial, facetious, slang, and vulgar expressions with freedom, merely attaching a cautionary label. 1955 G. McClintic Me & Kit xiv. 213 Kit had survived that first day of facetious remarks at rehearsal... I, too, had been all but smothered with a barrage of wit. 1983 L. Knowles Encouraging Talk iii. 60 The group move into a consideration of..the nation's leaders in a somewhat caustic and facetious vein. 2000 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 23 July 27/1 The resemblance between the two is extraordinary... I decided to write a facetious article stating that Joyce and Jennings had been separated at birth. b. Of a person, his or her qualities, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > inclined to jest or joke wantonc1405 facetious1601 jocular1625 jocose1673 ludicrous1687 jokish1785 joky1825 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. ii. sig. D2^v My sweete facetious Rascall. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 179 I am no way facetious nor disposed for the mirth..of Company. View more context for this quotation 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 333 He was of a pleasant, facetious Temper. 1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 Transmitted..by a facetious Correspondent. 1805 Times 4 Sept. 3/2 An immense number of respectable mummers, monster-mongers, pickle-herrings, sharpers, charlatans,..and other facetious Gentlemen and Ladies. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxiv. 300 ‘Oh you terrible old man!’ cried the facetious Merry to herself. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 283 The mediæval carvers were many of them facetious fellows. 1928 Dial. Notes 6 61 The proper name Peter..is so universally used by children and facetious adults as a name for the penis that it never quite loses this significance. 1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 35 Three Men In A Boat..confirmed the belief that the only way to be funny was to be facetious..and insensitive to the verge of being cruel. 2005 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Sports section) c7 I don't regret anything. I was being facetious at the time and they took it the wrong way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1542
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