facetious

facetious

not to be taken seriously; amusing; humorous; frivolous: I was only being facetious.
Not to be confused with:factitious – artificial; contrived: His enthusiastic response was factitious.; made; manufactured: a factitious partfictitious – spurious, fake; fictional; created or assumed with the intention to conceal: a fictitious name; imaginatively produced: a fictitious story

fa·ce·tious

F0004700 (fə-sē′shəs)adj. Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

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[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin facētia, from facētus, witty.]

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fa·ce′tious·ly adv.fa·ce′tious·ness n.

facetious

(fəˈsiːʃəs) adj1. characterized by levity of attitude and love of joking: a facetious person. 2. jocular or amusing, esp at inappropriate times: facetious remarks. [C16: from Old French facetieux, from facetie witty saying; see facetiae] faˈcetiously adv faˈcetiousness n

fa•ce•tious

(fəˈsi ʃəs)

adj. 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous. 3. lacking serious intent: a facetious person. [1585–95; < Latin facētus clever, witty. See -ious] fa•ce′tious•ly, adv. fa•ce′tious•ness, n.

facetious

- Originally meant "having polished or urbane manners," and, along with sequoia, uses all five vowels.See also related terms for polished.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

facetious - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"bantering, tongue-in-cheekhumorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

facetious

adjective flippant, funny, amusing, witty, merry, humorous, playful, pleasant, frivolous, tongue in cheek, comical, jesting, droll, jocular, waggish, unserious, jocose Are you going to listen or just make facetious remarks?
serious, earnest, grave, genuine, sober, sincere, thoughtful, sedate, lugubrious, pensive, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)

facetious

adjectiveIntended to excite laughter or amusement:comedic, funny, humorous, jocose, jocular, witty.

Translations

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facetious

(fəˈsiːʃəs) adjective not serious; intended to be funny or humorous. a facetious remark. 滑稽的 滑稽的faˈcetiously adverb 滑稽地 滑稽地faˈcetiousness noun 滑稽 滑稽