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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - facetious

 
 

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Facetious

facetious
If you say that someone is being facetious, you are criticizing them because they are making humorous remarks or saying things that they do not mean in a situation where they ought to be serious. The woman eyed him coldly. ‘Don’t be facetious,’ she said. = flippant ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
   adjective  Etymology: Middle French facetieux, from facetie jest, from Latin facetia  Date: 1599  1. joking or jesting often inappropriately ; waggish just being ~  2. meant to be humorous or funny ; not serious a ~ remark  Synonyms: see witty  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
  adj. 1 characterized by flippant or inopportune humour. 2 (of a person) intending to be amusing, esp. inopportunely. Derivatives facetiously adv. facetiousness n. Etymology: F fac{eacute}tieux f. fac{eacute}tie f. L facetia jest ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
  1. веселый, игривый; шутливый, остроумный facetious reply —- остроумный ответ facetious story —- веселая (смешная) история facetious name —- шутливое прозвище facetious companion —- весельчак; остроумный собеседник 2. часто неодобр. шуточный, несерьезный facetious remark —- шуточка (часто неуместная) a facetious treatment of a seriuos subject —- несерьезное отношение к серьезному вопросу ...
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  adj.  1) шутливый; шуточный  2) веселый; живой Syn: see humorous ...
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  ~ adj saying things that are intended to be clever and funny but are really silly and annoying  (Don't be so facetious! | facetious comments) - facetiously adv - facetiousness n ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - 1592, from Fr. facйtieux, from facйtie "a joke," from L. facetia, from facetus "witty, elegant." It implies a desire to be amusing, often intrusive or ill-timed. "Facetiae in booksellers' catalogues, is, like curious, a euphemism for erotica." [Fowler] ...
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