Friday 25th November 2016
Facetious - /fəˈsiːʃəs/
Adjective
Treating serious issues with deliberately
inappropriate humour; flippant
Example sentences
Adjective
‘A facetious remark’
Origin
Late 16th century (in the general sense ‘witty, amusing’):
from French facétieux, from facétie, from Latin facetia jest, from facetus
witty.
Thanks to: www.oxforddictionaries.com
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