English Explanatory Dictionary

facetious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
  2. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
  3. humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

Pronunciation

/fəˈsiːʃəs/ en-au-facetious.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-facetious.wav /fəˈsiːʃɪs/

Word forms

facetious more facetious most facetious

Etymology

From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).

Derived words

facetiously facetiousness nonfacetious semifacetious unfacetious
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