facete
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of facete
First recorded in 1595–1605, facete is from the Latin word facētus clever, witty
Example Sentences
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The information is in a facete but earnest vein, and we cheerfully miss in its tone the dull preachment, the cold calculation, and matter-of-fact obstinacy of a work professing to be statistical.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 557, July 14, 1832 by Various
Inde nostri intolerabili siti et immiti volentes significare se torqueri, facete aiunt “Rolandi morte se perire.”—John de la Bruiere Champier, De Cibaria, xvi.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Multa sunt multorum facete dicta: ut ea, quæ a sene Catone collecta sunt, quæ vocant apophthegmata.45.Sat.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
It goes without saying that he loved "his great namesake," as he calls him, "Robert Burton, of melancholy and merry, of facete and juvenile memory."
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
Our second Charles, of fame facete, On loin of beef did dine; He held his sword, pleased, o’er the meat.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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