facetious

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more facetious

Superlative

most facetious

1.
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.
2.
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
3.
(Of an idea or statement) humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (jest, wit, humor), from facētus (witty, jocose, facetious).