Facetiousness

  • 61jocoseness — n. gayness, facetiousness, funniness …

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  • 62lightness — light·ness || laɪtnɪs n. condition of being illuminated; being light in color; state of being light in weight; gracefulness, agility; freedom from pressure; happiness, cheerfulness; facetiousness …

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  • 63facetious — [fə si:ʃəs] adjective using inappropriate humour. Derivatives facetiously adverb facetiousness noun Origin C16: from Fr. facétieux, from facétie, from L. facetia jest …

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  • 64drollery — n. Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality …

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  • 65jocularity — n. Jocoseness, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, drollery, sportiveness, merriment, pleasantry, mirth, fun …

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  • 66pleasantry — n. 1. Gayety, merriment, sport, fun, frolic, jollity. 2. Facetiousness, jocularity, jocoseness, drollery, good humor, waggery. 3. Lively or witty remark, witticism, joke, sally, sprightly saying, jest, quip, quirk, bon mot. 4. Raillery, wit,… …

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  • 67waggery — n. Jocularity, facetiousness, drollery, pleasantry, humor, fun, waggishness, mischievous merriment, sport, roguery, jocosity, jocoseness …

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  • 68wit — n. 1. Intellect, understanding, mind, sense, reason, genius, mental power, intellectual faculties, thinking principle, mother wit. 2. Quick perception (as of partial resemblance in things mostly unlike), keen discernment, acumen, penetration,… …

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  • 69humor — I. n. 1. Moisture, fluid (of animal bodies). 2. Cutaneous eruption. 3. Temper, disposition, bent, bias, vein, propensity, predilection, turn of mind. 4. Mood, temper, state of feeling, frame of mind. 5. Mood, fancy, whim, caprice, freak, vagary,… …

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  • 70facetious — adjective saying things that are intended to be clever and funny but are really silly and annoying: Don t be so facetious! | facetious comments facetiously adverb facetiousness noun (U) …

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