# facetious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fəˈsiːʃəs/ · frequency rank #52,307

## Definitions
1. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
2. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
3. humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/facetious