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facetiousness

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fa·ce·tious  (f-sshs)
adj.
Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin factia, from factus, witty.]
fa·cetious·ly adv.
fa·cetious·ness n.
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Noun1.facetiousnessfacetiousness - playful humor                        
playfulness, fun - a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with"
Translations
facetiousness [fəˈsiːʃəsnɪs] N → guasa f, jocosidad f


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Strickland gave the polite little laugh with which people acknowledge a facetiousness in which they see nothing funny, but did not speak.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Philip thought this answer would cause the boy a certain awkwardness, but Venning was not to be turned from his facetiousness for so little.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The dragoman laughed--not at the facetiousness of the simile, for verily, that guide or that courier or that dragoman never yet lived upon earth who had in him the faintest appreciation of a joke, even though that joke were so broad and so ponderous that if it fell on him it would flatten him out like a postage stamp--the dragoman laughed, and then, emboldened by some thought that was in his brain, no doubt, proceeded to extremities and winked.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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