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Facetiousness

noun

Playful humor.

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"Facetiousness" Quotes from Famous Books

... truly exqueese effect of the trimming at the throat, her face showed pearly shadows instead of its usual flower-like glow. As Madame left the room for a moment, Miss Burgess said, with a kind, respectful facetiousness, "I see that even fairy princesses find the emotions of ...

— The Squirrel-Cage • Dorothy Canfield

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... wrinkled in the folds of too-bigness. As though to accentuate the note, the man stood very erect, very military, and supported in one hand the staff of an English flag. This figure of fun, this man made from the slop-chest, this caricature of a scarecrow, had been put forth by heavy-handed facetiousness to the post of greatest honour. He was Standard-Bearer to the occasion! Surely subtle irony could go ...

— The Forest • Stewart Edward White

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... pleasantry and facetiousness in thy discourse with her, and do whatever lies in thy power at the same time, to keep from her all books and writings which tend there to: there are some devotional tracts, which if thou canst entice her to read over, it will be well: but suffer her not ...

— The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac

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Words linked to "Facetiousness" : playfulness, fun, facetious