facete
UK/fəˈsiːt/
facete adjective: facetious.
Adjective
facete (comparative more facete, superlative most facete)
- Facetious.
- 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 […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section...
Forms of facete
| comparative | more facete |
|---|---|
| superlative | most facete |
Origin of facete
Ultimately from Latin facētus; perhaps via Italian faceto.
Words formed from facete
Words that rhyme with facete
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- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about facete
- What does facete mean?
- Facete means facetious.
- What part of speech is facete?
- Facete is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce facete?
- Facete is pronounced /fəˈsiːt/ (UK).
Words near facete in the dictionary
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