English-Thai Dictionary

facetious

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FACETIOUS

a.[L. facetus; facetia, or plu.] 1. Merry; sportive; jocular; sprightly with wit and good humor; as a facetious companion.
2. Witty; full of pleasantry playful; exciting laughter; as a facetious story; a facetious reply.

 

FACETIOUSLY

adv. Merrily; gaily; wittily; with pleasantry.

 

FACETIOUSNESS

n.Sportive humor; pleasantry; the quality of exciting laughter or good humor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FACETIOUS

Fa *ce "tious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. facétieux. See Facetiæ.]

 

1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

 

2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. -- Fa *ce "tious *ly, adv. -- Fa *ce "tious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

facetious

fa ce tious |fəˈsēSHəs fəˈsiʃəs | ▶adjective treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. DERIVATIVES fa ce tious ly adverb, fa ce tious ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘witty, amusing ’): from French facétieux, from facétie, from Latin facetia ‘jest, ’ from facetus ‘witty. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

facetious

facetious |fəˈsiːʃəs | ▶adjective treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant: a facetious remark. DERIVATIVES facetiously adverb, facetiousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘witty, amusing ’): from French facétieux, from facétie, from Latin facetia ‘jest ’, from facetus ‘witty ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

facetious

facetious adjective unfortunately, they took my facetious remarks seriously: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, ironic, sardonic, joking, jokey, jocular, playful, sportive, teasing, mischievous; witty, amusing, funny, droll, comic, comical, lighthearted, jocose. ANTONYMS serious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

facetious

facetious adjective no facetious remarks, please: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, waggish, whimsical, joking, jokey, jesting, jocular, playful, roguish, impish, teasing, arch, mischievous, puckish; in fun, in jest, witty, amusing, funny, droll, comic, comical, chucklesome, light-hearted, high-spirited, bantering; archaic frolicsome, sportive; rare jocose. ANTONYMS serious.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

facetious

fa ce tious /fəsíːʃəs /形容詞 〈発言などが 〉ふざけた, 場違いな ; 〈人が 〉不まじめな, こっけいな .～ly 副詞 ふざけて, こっけいに .～ness 名詞