Facetus
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| - | :''[[Poggio]]'s [[Facetiae]]'' | ||
| - | # Treating serious issues with deliberately [[inappropriate]] humor; [[flippant]] | + | # [[elegant]], [[fine]] |
| - | # Pleasantly [[humourous]], [[jocular]] | + | # [[courteous]], [[polite]] |
| - | + | # [[witty]], [[jocose]], [[facetious]] | |
| - | == Etymology == | + | |
| - | 1592, from Fr. ''facétieux'', from ''facétie'' "a joke," from L. ''[[facetia]]'', from facetus "witty, elegant," of unknown origin, perhaps related to ''facis'' "torch." It implies a desire to be amusing, often intrusive or ill-timed. " in booksellers' catalogues, is, like [[curious]], a euphemism for [[erotica]]." [Fowler] --[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=erotica etymonline] | + | |
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| - | == Examples == | + | |
| - | *''[[Oeuvres badines et galantes du comte de Caylus]]'' by [[Caylus]] | + | |
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