English
Etymology
French facétieux, from Latin facetia 'jest'.
Pronunciation
fuh-see-shus
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i���s|-i���s
Adjective
en-adj-more
- Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
- Pleasantly humourous, jocular
Translations
trans-top|flippant
Bulgarian: непо��и�елен, лекоми�лен
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|pleasantly humourous, jocular
Bulgarian: �егови�
Chinese: 轻��, �稽�
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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