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facetiousness|fəˈsiːʃəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or fact of being facetious. †a. Polish and pleasantness of manner, urbanity (obs.). †b. Cheerful good-humour; also, wittiness, wit (obs.). c. Jocularity, jocosity.
1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 267 The Italians in facetiousnesse doe jest; That [etc.]. 1644Bulwer Chirol. 135 The facetiousnesse of manners and elegancies of learning. 1657Hobbes Stigmai of Wallis Wks. 1845 VII. 386, I observe, first, the facetiousness of your title-page. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. iii. ii, Relaxing with a wise facetiousness, he [William I] knew how to relieve his mind and preserve his dignity. 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump. (1876) 362 This is a random facetiousness. a1853Robertson Lect. i. (1858) 139 With dull facetiousness. |