different between facety vs facete

English

Adjective

facety (comparative more facety, superlative most facety)

1. (Caribbean, Jamaican) arrogantly rude; feisty
   • 2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica (page 2)

     My teachers, in the main, thought this was good, but in my parents' opinion I was just simply “facety,” or in plain English, rude or impertinent. Well, the discovery came about as a result of my being “facety” to Mavis.

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fac?tus; perhaps via Italian faceto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??si?t/

Adjective

facete (comparative more facete, superlative most facete)

1. (archaic) Facetious.

Derived terms

• facetely
• faceteness

Italian

Adjective

facete f pl

1. feminine plural of faceto

Latin

Adjective

fac?te

1. vocative masculine singular of fac?tus

References

• facete in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facete in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

facete

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of facetar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of facetar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of facetar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of facetar