FACETIOUS, FACETIOUSNESS
ADJECTIVES
► FACETE facetious, witty, humorous, pleasant, cheerful, gay → 1603 arch.
► LEPID pleasant in speech or behaviour, jocose, facetious, amusing, witty → 1619
NOUNS
► FACETIOSITY the quality of being facetious → 1822
► LEPIDITY facetiousness, wit, a jest, a joke → 1647 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CARD a likeable, amusing, or facetious person → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
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