2006-10-08 02:38:26 · 10 answers · asked by natasha p 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
it means to not be meaning to be taken seriously or lacking serious intend ,.amusing:humor
2006-10-08 02:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by rAwR♥ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Does Facetious Mean
2016-10-29 23:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.Facetious:
ADJECTIVE:
Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
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ETYMOLOGY:
French facétieux, from facétie;from Latin facetia 'jest'.
2.facetious :
adjective :
Intended to excite laughter or amusement: comedic, funny, humorous, jocose, jocular, witty.
3.Facetious (comparative more facetious, superlative most facetious)
Positive:
facetious
Comparative:
more facetious
Superlative:
most facetious.
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
Pleasantly humourous, jocular
Translations:
flippant
pleasantly humourous, jocular
Finnish: vitsikäs, leikillinen
Chinese: 轻率的, 滑稽的
Trivia:
This word uses all five vowels just once and in alphabetical order (others are abstemious, abstentious, annelidous, casesious and fracedinous). If y is counted as a vowel, then facetiously uses all six vowels in alphabetical order.
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2006-10-08 03:15:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question.. I use that word all the time.. also the word FiCTITIOUS.. the problem is that many people to not know that there is a difference.
and in general.. this means: Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks... If, for example... You ask me who was the inventor of the light bulb.. I might say(respond)... Mrs. Jones was.. and then I might immediately say.. sorry.. I was being facetious, it was Ben Franklin
ON THE OTHER HAND: FICTITIOUS means: false: not true or genuine, and intended to deceive He gave a fictitious name when confronted.
2006-10-08 02:46:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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fa‧ce‧tious /fəˈsiʃəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fuh-see-shuhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous. 3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person. --------------------------------------... [Origin: 1585–95; facete + -ious; see facetiae] —Related forms fa‧ce‧tious‧ly, adverb fa‧ce‧tious‧ness, noun —Synonyms 2. See humorous.
2016-04-03 05:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Witty, jocular,not serious. Hope it helped!
2006-10-08 02:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joking or jesting often inappropriately, meant to be humorous or funny : not serious.
2006-10-08 02:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by Altruist 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
not serious, frivolous, rhetorical
2006-10-08 05:16:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mean, arrogant, nasty.
2006-10-08 02:40:36 · answer #10 · answered by Obsean 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋