Etymology

facetious

fa·ce·tious
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Today it means: Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. Full definition →

French facétieux ← Latin facētia
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  1. Latin · derived fromfacētia“jest, wit, humor”
  2. French · borrowed fromfacétieux
  3. English todayfacetious

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

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