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单词 facety
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facetyadj.

Brit. /ˈfeɪsti/, U.S. /ˈfeɪsti/, Caribbean English /ˈfeːsti/
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: facey adj.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of facey adj. (although this is first attested slightly later) with epenthetic t ; perhaps compare -ety suffix, or perhaps feisty adj., or perhaps Suriname Creole fiésti dirty, nasty (19th cent.).
slang (originally Jamaican).
Impudent, arrogant, rude; excessively bold or feisty.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]
thristec897
bolda1000
keen1297
apert1330
smartc1400
malaperta1425
overbolda1425
affronted1485
saucy1511
impertinata1525
over-familiar1529
pert1535
cocket1537
cockapert1556
contumelious1561
impudent1563
brass-bold1582
pertlike1582
paughtya1586
audacious1586
copped1597
effronted1598
petulant1598
dortya1605
rufty-tufty1606
facy1607
snappish1608
bold-faceda1616
over-pert1621
impertinent1631
procacious1660
insolent1678
calleting1691
effrontuousa1734
imperent1771
free1775
sassy1799
pawky1809
iron-sideda1825
gilpie1835
cheeky1838
fresh1843
snouty1858
nebby1873
gay1889
nebsy1894
nervy1896
brass neck1925
facety1928
facey1929
brass-necked1935
chutzpadik1959
1928 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 Aug. 17/3 Him mumma pay me two and sixpence fer to tie him up palate lock on account of he cough, but dat facety boy no hold him so still me tie de wrong lock.
1966 L. Bennett in Jamaica Labrish 169 We facety Stan' up pon we dignity, An we don't allow nobody Fe teck libarty wid we.
1982 D. Sutcliffe Brit. Black Eng. vi. 154 Her bold-face behaviour is literally facety.
2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) xii. 288 For fuckries, foolishness. Because a girl gets facety with him in front of his people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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