fesescious

[askingmuchof]

Is there such a word as fesescious and if so is this the correct spelling? What can you say about its origins or anything else?

[Postdog]

Well I think you mean facetious, and I assume the word originates from faeces - in other words, cra p.

[DaisyMae]

Actually I think it comes from the Latin for joke, or jest- facetia - and it means trying (but not necessarily succeeding) to be funny.

[puddicat]

yep daisy could be right

[aniani]

Facetious originates from old French for pleasantries/witty sayings

[weeal]

fa⋅ce⋅tious   /fəˈsiʃəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fuh-see-shuhs] Show IPA Pronunciation

�adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.


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Origin:
1585�95; facete + -ious; see facetiae

[Postdog]

Well it was a guess. I mean, when you are being that way the person it's aimed at thinks you are talking cra p.

[jno]

along with abstemious, it's the only word with all the vowels in the right order. (If you think Y is a vowel, then facetiously.)

[puddicat]

postdog crap yes but uneducated crap!!!

[fredpuli47]

facetia :a jest, witticism; drollery, piece of humour [Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary] Facetiae is the plural.

Hence our word 'facetious'.