Facetiousness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Facetious \Fa*ce"tious\, a. [Cf. F. fac['e]tieux. See
     {Faceti[ae]}.]
     1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as,
        a facetious companion.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter;
        as, a facetious story or reply. -- {Fa*ce"tious*ly}, adv.
        -- {Fa*ce"tious*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  facetiousness
       n : playful humor

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "facetiousness":
     brilliance, cleverness, funniness, humorousness, jocoseness,
     jocularity, joking, joshing, keen-wittedness, keenness,
     nimble-wittedness, pleasantry, pungency, quick-wittedness,
     saltiness, sharpness, smartness, wittiness