facetious

The definition of facetious is a joke made about something serious.

(adjective)

An example of facetious is someone saying that people whose homes have burned down don't have to worry about whether the housekeeper did a good job.

See facetious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

joking or trying to be jocular, esp. at an inappropriate time

Origin: Fr facétieux < L facetia: see facetiae & -ous

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See facetious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

Origin:

Origin: French facétieux

Origin: , from facétie, jest

Origin: , from Latin facētia

Origin: , from facētus, witty

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