Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [fuh-see-shee-ee]
- /fəˈsi ʃiˌi/
- /fə.ˈsiː.ʃɪiː/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [fuh-see-shee-ee]
- /fəˈsi ʃiˌi/
Definitions of facetiae word
- noun facetiae Pornographic literature. 1
- noun plural facetiae humorous or witty sayings 0
- noun plural facetiae obscene or coarsely witty books 0
- noun plural facetiae witty sayings 0
- noun facetiae (rare) Witty or amusing writings or remarks. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of facetiae
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Latin, plural of facētia something witty. See facete, -ia
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Facetiae
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
facetiae popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
facetiae usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with f
- Words starting with fa
- Words starting with fac
- Words starting with face
- Words starting with facet
- Words starting with faceti
- Words starting with facetia
- Words starting with facetiae