Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek(adj)

   cleverly amusing in tone

   "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. facetious(Adjective)

   Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

   Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious.

2. facetious(Adjective)

   Pleasantly humorous, jocular.

Origin: From facétieux, from facetia, from facetus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Facetious(adj)

   given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion

2. Facetious(adj)

   characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply

Origin: [Cf. F. factieux. See Faceti.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Facetious

   fa-sē′shus, adj. witty, humorous, jocose: bawdy—(obs. or arch.) Facete′.—n.pl. Facetiæ (fa-sē′shi-ē), witty or humorous sayings or writings: a bookseller's term for improper books—of all degrees of indecency.—adv. Facē′tiously.—n. Facē′tiousness. [Fr., from L. facētia—facetus, merry, witty.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of facetious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of facetious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Josh Billings:

   The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

2. Sydney Smith:

   You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.

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