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  1. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
  2. Pleasantly humourous, jocular

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] --etymonline

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