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facetious

English

Etymology

From French facétieux, from Latin fac?tia (“jest, wit, humor”), from fac?tus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f??si???s/
  • Rhymes: -i???s
  • Hyphenation: fa?ce?tious

Adjective

facetious (comparative more facetious, superlative most facetious)

  1. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
  2. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:witty

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • facetious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • facetious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • facetious at OneLook Dictionary Search

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smartmouth

English

Etymology

smart +? mouth

Noun

smartmouth (plural smartmouths)

  1. One who makes disrespectful, flippant remarks; a smart-aleck.

Verb

smartmouth (third-person singular simple present smartmouths, present participle smartmouthing, simple past and past participle smartmouthed)

  1. To reply to in a disrespectful, flippant manner.

Related terms

  • badmouth
  • smartmouthed

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