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Complete Definition of "facetious"

English

Etymology
French facétieux, from Latin facetia 'jest'.

Pronunciation
fuh-see-shus
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-iËÊÉs|-iËÊÉs

Adjective
en-adj-more

  1. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
  2. Pleasantly humourous, jocular

Translations
trans-top|flippant
Bulgarian: непоÑÑиÑелен, лекомиÑлен
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|pleasantly humourous, jocular
Bulgarian: ÑеговиÑ
Chinese: è½»çç, æ»ç¨½ç
Finnish: vitsikäs, leikillinen
trans-mid
Portuguese: busseta
trans-bottom

Trivia
This word uses all five vowels just once and in alphabetical order (others are abstemious, abstentious, annelidous, arsenious, casesious and fracedinous). If y is counted as a vowel, then facetiously uses all six vowels in alphabetical order.

de:facetious
io:facetious
ru:facetious
te:facetious
vi:facetious
zh:facetious

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