facete

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Definition of facete in English English dictionary

Facetious

Adrian the sixth pope gave command that statue should be demolished and burned, the ashes flung into the River Tiber, and had done it forthwith, had not Lodovicus Suessanus, a facete companion, dissuaded him to the contrary .

Facetious; witty; humorous

Hyphenation

fa·cete

Etymology

[ f&-'sEt ] (adjective.) 1603. Ultimately from Latin facētus, perhaps via Italian faceto.