Read full poem →12. The facetious Tom Brown, in his 2d dialogue on Mr Bayes' changing
his religion, introduces our poet saying,
Dictionary Entry
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
In a Sentence
“He made a facetious remark about the exam, but his classmates were too stressed to laugh.”
Origin
From Latin 'facetus' meaning 'witty, elegant'.
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Poetry examples for “facetious”
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Read full poem →Perhaps the facetious Tom Brown has hit upon the true reason of
Dryden's choice of a subject, when he makes him say, "that he had no