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Facetious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Facetious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

cleverly amusing in tone

"a bantering tone"

"facetious remarks"

"tongue-in-cheek advice"

2

Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.

Example Sentences
"a bantering tone" adjective
"facetious remarks" adjective
"tongue-in-cheek advice" adjective
See Also
unfacetious humour facetiousness flippant jocular serious inappropriate jesting
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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