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semifacetious

semifacetious adjective: half or partly facetious; half in jest.

Adjective

semifacetious (not comparable)

  1. Half or partly facetious; half in jest.

Origin of semifacetious

From semi- + facetious.

Questions about semifacetious

What does semifacetious mean?
Semifacetious means half or partly facetious; half in jest.
What part of speech is semifacetious?
Semifacetious is an adjective.

Words near semifacetious in the dictionary

  1. semiextinct
  2. semiextinction
  3. semifable
  4. semifables
  5. semifabulous
  6. semifacetious
  7. semifactorial
  8. semifactorials
  9. semifactual
  10. semifactually
  11. semifactuals

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