faceteadj.n.

Brit.

/fəˈsiːt/, U.S.

/fəˈsit/

Forms: 1600s faceate, 1600s faceit, 1600s facet, 1600s– facete, 1700s faceté.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Latin facētus; Italian faceto.

Etymology: Ultimately < classical Latin facētus clever, adept, gently humorous, whimsical, in post-classical Latin also courtly, refined (from 11th cent. in British and continental sources; of unknown origin), perhaps via Italian faceto humorous, clever, unintentionally amusing (end of the 14th cent.). Compare Old French facet gracious (14th cent.), Spanish faceto funny, playful (1517).With facetely adv. at Derivatives compare Italian facetamente (a1519).

A. adj.

1. = facetious adj. 2. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting

bourdfula1425

pleasant1530

facete1600

joculary1605

merrya1616

jocundary1618

lepidc1619

droll1623

humorousa1652

drollerical1656

humoursome1656

drollish1674

ludicrous1687

humorific1819

jestful1831

humoristica1834

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 100 Piouan Arlotto was reputed for a woonderfull facete companion [It. per persona facetissima], whose sentences and sayings put in print, shew the value of his wit in this kinde of folly.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. iv. 196 Lodovicus Suessanus a facete companion, disswaded him to the contrary.

1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1850) 292 A facete discourse..can refresh the spirit.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 259 He was a man of..a facete and affable countenance.

1730 Tale in G. Jacob Ess. Conduct Life (ed. 3) 137 The Whig reputed Godly Saint, The Tory brisk, facete and queint.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. v. 15 I will have him..cheerful, faceté, jovial.

1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 34 By Jove! these two hogs are facete ones!

1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous II. ix. 310 Such a Ruffian..could maintain an appearance of a facete disposition to the last.

1906 T. Seccombe & W. R. Nicoll Bookman Illustrated Hist. Eng. Lit. II. v. x. 343 The homely and facete vein that Mark Twain was many years later to apply to the victory scored by Elijah over the prophets of Baal.

†2. Elegant, graceful, polished. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined

well-polished1485

civil?1538

politic1596

cult1598

refined1598

inlanda1616

facete1616

urbane1623

terse1628

gentilitat1632

polite1751

politeful1832

1616 T. Gainsford Secretaries Studie 91 In conuersation, so pleasing,..and in eloquence so facet, that though he haue not bin a traueller, or souldiour: yet can he dispute of both.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F2 He was so facete and choyce in his phrases, and style.

1662 Bagshaw in Acc. Baxter's Suspension 45 A man..of so Elegant and Facete a Style.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xx. 68 I have been volving and revolving in my fancy some time, but to no purpose, by what clean device or facete contrivance I might..satisfy that ear which the reader chuses to lend.

1823 H. Smith in New Monthly Mag. 7 61 He admired much her facete entertainment and argute compassment of wit.

†B. n.

With the. That which is facetious (facetious adj. 2). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour

humour?1663

facete1808

comedy1877

1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 21 If he would..consider the facete and the playful to be the basis of his character.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 257 One or two attempts at raillery and the facete are indeed deplorable.

Derivatives

† facetely adv. Obsolete in a witty or humorous manner, pleasantly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner

merrilyc1395

japinglya1420

pleasantly1552

jestingly1569

facetiously1598

facetely1620

joculatorily1623

sportively1631

lepidly1653

jocularly1655

jocundarily1660

ludicrouslya1678

drollingly1684

jokingly1700

jocosely1725

humorously1752

drolly1791

jest-wise1844

side-splittingly1859

japishly1888

jokily1976

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 76 That which facetely [It. facetamente] was spoken by Erasmus.

1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xxviii. 361 Poole facetely excused the matter.

1841 Mirror of Lit. 1 May 276/2 The emancipation of the dogs was very facetely agitated, year by year, in the Comic Almanac.

1862 J. Timbs Lives of Wits & Humourists II. 154 Lancaster-court, in the Strand, was then Perry's place of residence, and hence Porson facetely called him ‘My Lord of Lancaster’.

† faceteness n. Obsolete the quality of being witty or humorous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > quality of being humorous

facetiousness1542

sportfulnessa1586

jocularity1646

faceteness1654

humour?1663

pleasantness1685

jocoseness1706

humorousness1727

funniness1836

jokesomeness1880

SOH1980

1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 87 But this faceteness I will leave to your self and good company, to recreate and abetter your digestion with.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 143 Parables..breed delight of hearing by reason of that faceteness and wittiness which is many times found in them.

1802 C. Lamb Let. 15 Feb. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 55 Mister Fell or as you with your usual faceteness and drollery call him Mr. F+ll has stopt short in the middle of his Play.

1834 N. Amer. Arch. Med. Surg. Sci. Oct. 80 I maintain it to be impossible that the authors..could have meant any thing more than faceteness, as Hales terms it, when they inform the western students, that..the expenses..are only thirty-five dollars less in Jefferson Medical College than in..Transylvania.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	facete
释义	faceteadj.n. Brit. /fəˈsiːt/, U.S. /fəˈsit/ Forms: 1600s faceate, 1600s faceit, 1600s facet, 1600s– facete, 1700s faceté. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Latin facētus; Italian faceto. Etymology: Ultimately < classical Latin facētus clever, adept, gently humorous, whimsical, in post-classical Latin also courtly, refined (from 11th cent. in British and continental sources; of unknown origin), perhaps via Italian faceto humorous, clever, unintentionally amusing (end of the 14th cent.). Compare Old French facet gracious (14th cent.), Spanish faceto funny, playful (1517).With facetely adv. at Derivatives compare Italian facetamente (a1519). A. adj. 1. = facetious adj. 2. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting bourdfula1425 pleasant1530 facete1600 joculary1605 merrya1616 jocundary1618 lepidc1619 droll1623 humorousa1652 drollerical1656 humoursome1656 drollish1674 ludicrous1687 humorific1819 jestful1831 humoristica1834 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 100 Piouan Arlotto was reputed for a woonderfull facete companion [It. per persona facetissima], whose sentences and sayings put in print, shew the value of his wit in this kinde of folly. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. iv. 196 Lodovicus Suessanus a facete companion, disswaded him to the contrary. 1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1850) 292 A facete discourse..can refresh the spirit. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 259 He was a man of..a facete and affable countenance. 1730 Tale in G. Jacob Ess. Conduct Life (ed. 3) 137 The Whig reputed Godly Saint, The Tory brisk, facete and queint. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. v. 15 I will have him..cheerful, faceté, jovial. 1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 34 By Jove! these two hogs are facete ones! 1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous II. ix. 310 Such a Ruffian..could maintain an appearance of a facete disposition to the last. 1906 T. Seccombe & W. R. Nicoll Bookman Illustrated Hist. Eng. Lit. II. v. x. 343 The homely and facete vein that Mark Twain was many years later to apply to the victory scored by Elijah over the prophets of Baal. †2. Elegant, graceful, polished. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined well-polished1485 civil?1538 politic1596 cult1598 refined1598 inlanda1616 facete1616 urbane1623 terse1628 gentilitat1632 polite1751 politeful1832 1616 T. Gainsford Secretaries Studie 91 In conuersation, so pleasing,..and in eloquence so facet, that though he haue not bin a traueller, or souldiour: yet can he dispute of both. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F2 He was so facete and choyce in his phrases, and style. 1662 Bagshaw in Acc. Baxter's Suspension 45 A man..of so Elegant and Facete a Style. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xx. 68 I have been volving and revolving in my fancy some time, but to no purpose, by what clean device or facete contrivance I might..satisfy that ear which the reader chuses to lend. 1823 H. Smith in New Monthly Mag. 7 61 He admired much her facete entertainment and argute compassment of wit. †B. n. With the. That which is facetious (facetious adj. 2). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour humour?1663 facete1808 comedy1877 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 21 If he would..consider the facete and the playful to be the basis of his character. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 257 One or two attempts at raillery and the facete are indeed deplorable. Derivatives † facetely adv. Obsolete in a witty or humorous manner, pleasantly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner merrilyc1395 japinglya1420 pleasantly1552 jestingly1569 facetiously1598 facetely1620 joculatorily1623 sportively1631 lepidly1653 jocularly1655 jocundarily1660 ludicrouslya1678 drollingly1684 jokingly1700 jocosely1725 humorously1752 drolly1791 jest-wise1844 side-splittingly1859 japishly1888 jokily1976 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 76 That which facetely [It. facetamente] was spoken by Erasmus. 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xxviii. 361 Poole facetely excused the matter. 1841 Mirror of Lit. 1 May 276/2 The emancipation of the dogs was very facetely agitated, year by year, in the Comic Almanac. 1862 J. Timbs Lives of Wits & Humourists II. 154 Lancaster-court, in the Strand, was then Perry's place of residence, and hence Porson facetely called him ‘My Lord of Lancaster’. † faceteness n. Obsolete the quality of being witty or humorous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > quality of being humorous facetiousness1542 sportfulnessa1586 jocularity1646 faceteness1654 humour?1663 pleasantness1685 jocoseness1706 humorousness1727 funniness1836 jokesomeness1880 SOH1980 1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 87 But this faceteness I will leave to your self and good company, to recreate and abetter your digestion with. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 143 Parables..breed delight of hearing by reason of that faceteness and wittiness which is many times found in them. 1802 C. Lamb Let. 15 Feb. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 55 Mister Fell or as you with your usual faceteness and drollery call him Mr. F+ll has stopt short in the middle of his Play. 1834 N. Amer. Arch. Med. Surg. Sci. Oct. 80 I maintain it to be impossible that the authors..could have meant any thing more than faceteness, as Hales terms it, when they inform the western students, that..the expenses..are only thirty-five dollars less in Jefferson Medical College than in..Transylvania. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1600
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