Friday, 25 November 2016

Facetious

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.


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