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Definition of Facete
1. a. Facetious; witty; humorous.
Definition of Facete
1. Adjective. (archaic) Facetious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Facete
1. witty [adj] : FACETELY [adv] - See also: witty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Facete
Literary usage of Facete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by Marcus Beck (1884)
"In other cases, again, there may be ff*orc facete on one calculus than
companion-calculi in the bladder A second «tone may occasion two or even three facete ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Jocular ; lively ; facete' N ESS, ns J and facetious seem both to have been «sed
in this sense formerly. ..."
3. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... ( V : at supra dictum est, S. : sicut ante dictum est, X. : facete dictum,
smartly said, T. : multa facete dicta: centum pagos habere dicuntur, ..."
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