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facety

facety adjective: playfully rude; feisty.

Adjective

facety (comparative more facety, superlative most facety)

  1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) Playfully rude; feisty.
    • My teachers, in the main, thought this was good, but in my parents' opinion I was just simply “facety,” or in plain English, rude or impertinent. Well, the discovery came about as a result of my being “facety” to Mavis.2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 2
    • An’ here I am. Your dream problem child. A facety ghetto rude gyal grateful for your remarkable lack of judgeyness, an’ ready to be dazzled and inspired by your penetrating insight.2022, Tom Wright, “Scene Two: Classroom”, in I Ain’t Dumb (Modern Plays), London; New York, N.Y.; Dublin: Methuen Drama, →ISBN, page 12

Forms of facety

comparativemore facety
superlativemost facety
alternative formfacey

Origin of facety

Apparently an alteration of facey (although it is attested slightly later) with epenthetic t; perhaps compare -ety, feisty, or Sranan Tongo fiésti (“dirty, nasty”) (19th century).

Questions about facety

What does facety mean?
Facety means playfully rude; feisty.
What part of speech is facety?
Facety is an adjective.

Words near facety in the dictionary

  1. facette
  2. facetted
  3. facettes
  4. facetting
  5. facettings
  6. facety
  7. faceup
  8. faceward
  9. facewards
  10. facewash
  11. facewashes

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