facetiousness

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• facetiousness — facetious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ trivially or inappropriately humorous. DERIVATIVES facetiously adverb facetiousness noun. ORIGIN French facétieux, from Latin facetia jest …   English terms dictionary

• Facetiousness — Facetious Fa*ce tious, a. [Cf. F. fac[ e]tieux. See {Faceti[ae]}.] 1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• facetiousness — noun see facetious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• facetiousness — See facetiously. * * * …   Universalium

• facetiousness — noun a) The state of being facetious b) The product or result of being facetious …   Wiktionary

• facetiousness — Synonyms and related words: brilliance, cleverness, funniness, humorousness, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen wittedness, keenness, nimble wittedness, pleasantry, pungency, quick wittedness, saltiness, sharpness, smartness, wittiness …   Moby Thesaurus

• facetiousness — fa ce·tious·ness || fÉ™ sɪːʃəsnɪs n. humor, joking …   English contemporary dictionary

• facetiousness — fa·ce·tious·ness …   English syllables

• facetiousness — See: facetious …   English dictionary

• facetiousness — noun playful humor • Derivationally related forms: ↑facetious • Hypernyms: ↑playfulness, ↑fun …   Useful english dictionary

• humor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disposition, mood, tem per; caprice, drollery, wit; fun; jest; choler, melancholy, depression, anger; facetiousness. See feeling. v. t. indulge, favor, oblige, gratify. See permission, tendency,… …   English dictionary for students