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Word Meanings - FACETIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion. 2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. -- Fa*ce"tious*ly, adv. -- Fa*ce"tious*ness, n.

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  • MERRY-ANDREW
    One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
  • ACUTE-ANGLED
    Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
  • JOCOSE
    Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury. All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts. Syn.
  • ACUTE
    Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease. Acute angle , an angle less than a right angle. Syn. -- Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp-
  • WITTY
    1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak. 2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem,
  • HUMOROUSLY
    1. Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy. 2. Facetiously; wittily.
  • MERRY
    mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gamaúrgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the Anglo-Saxon and
  • MERRYMAKING
    Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
  • JOLLY
    jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. Shak. "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot
  • JOCULARITY
    Jesting; merriment.
  • ACUTENESS
    Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis. Syn. -- Penetration; sagacity; keenness; ingenuity; shrewdness; subtlety; sharp-wittedness. (more info) 1. The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
  • MERRYMAKER
    One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.
  • ACUTELY
    In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
  • WAGGISH
    1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. "A company of waggish boys." L'Estrange. 2. Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick. -- Wag"gish*ly, adv.
  • FUNNY
    Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.
  • JOCULARY
    Jocular; jocose; sportive. Bacon.
  • JOCULAR
    1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person. 2. Sportive; merry. "Jocular exploits." Cowper. The style is serious and partly jocular. Dryden.
  • JOLLY-BOAT
    A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
  • MERRYMEETING
    A meeting for mirth.
  • PERACUTE
    Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. Harvey.

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