Facete

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin facētus, perhaps via Italian faceto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fəˈsiːt/

Adjective

Facete (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Facete

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1. (archaic) Facetious.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.iv:

     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 [...].

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Italian

Adjective

facete f.

1. Feminine plural form of faceto

pl:facete ru:facete