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facetious
 
SYLLABICATION:fa·ce·tious
PRONUNCIATION:  f-sshs
ADJECTIVE: Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
ETYMOLOGY:French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin factia, from factus, witty.
OTHER FORMS:fa·cetious·ly —ADVERB
fa·cetious·ness —NOUN
 
 
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