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Definition: FACETIAE |
FACETIAENoun plural1. Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits. |
Etymology: Facetiae \Fa*ce"ti*[ae]\, plural noun. [Latin expression, from facetus. See Facete.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Wit | Jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae, levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot, mot pour rire; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d'esprit,epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "FACETIAE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shaka (badinage, crack, gag, hoax, jape, jest, jocosity, jocularity, joke, lark, persiflage, play, pleasantry, prank, quiz, spoof, trick, waggery). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | остроти, порнографски книги, духовитости. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szellemes írások. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acetiaefay.(various references) | |
Russian | шутки (drollery, jesting). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | duhoviti tekstovi. (various references) | |
Spanish | broma (badinage, banter, cantrip, fun, gag, jag, jape, jest, joke, lark, panic, pleasantry, prank, quiz). (various references) | |
Swedish | oanständig litteratur. (various references) | |
Ukranian | жарти (banter, drollery, waggery), дотепи. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"FACETIAE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Faccetta, facetee, faceti, Fachtna, racheliae. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "FACETIAE" (pronounced 'Fa*ce"ti*[ae]'): A, Abacinate, Abada, Abaisance, Abalienate, Abalone, Abandonee, Abanga, Abase, Abasia, Abatable, Abature, Abba, Abbreviature, Abderite, Abdicable, Abdicative, Abditive, Abdominalia, Abduce, Abearance, Abegge, Abele, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abeyance, Abhominable, Abhorrence, Abhorrible, Abidance, Abietene, Abietite, Abirritate, Abirritative, Abjudge, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Abjunctive, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Ablaze, Abligate, Ablude, Abnegate, Abnegative, Abnodate, Abodance, Abolishable, Abolitionize, Aboma, Abominable, Abominate, Aborsive, Aborticide, About-sledge, Abra, Abracadabra, Abranchiata, Abranchiate, Abrase, Abrasive, Abregge, Abrenounce, Abridge, Abrogable, Abrogative, Abscissa, Abscondence, Absence, Absentee, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absistence, Absolvable, Absolve, Absorbable, Absorptive, Absquatulate, Absterge, Absterse, Abstinence, Abstractive, Abstringe, Abstrude, Abstruse, Absume, Abuna, Abundance, Abusable, Abusage, Abusive, Academe, Acantha, Acanthine, Acanthocephala, Acarine, Acaudate, Acauline, Accede, Accedence, Accelerate, Accelerative, Accendible, Accentuable, Accentuate, Acceptable, Acceptance, Acceptive, Accessible, Accessive, Acciaccatura, Accidence, Accidie, Accipitrine, Accite, Acclimatable, Acclimate, Acclimatizable, Acclimatize, Acclimature, Acclive, Accolade, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accompletive, Accomplice, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accordance, Accorporate, Accostable, Accoucheuse, Accountable, Accouple, Accourage, Accresce, Accrescence, Accretive, Accriminate, Accumulative, Accurate, Accurse, Accusable, Accustomable, Accustomance, Aceldama, Acequia, Acerbate, Acerbitude, Acerose, Acervative, Acervose, Acervuline, Acetable, Acetabulifera, Acetaldehyde, Acetamide, Acetanilide, Acetate, Acetize, Acetone, Acetonuria, Acetophenone, Acetose, Acetylene, Achatina, Achievable, Achievance, Achieve, Achiote, Achlamydate, Acholia, Achromatize, Acicula, Aciculite, Acidifiable, Acidulate, Acierage, Acinesia, Acknowledge, Acme, Acne, Acnode, Acolyctine, Acolyte, Aconite, Aconitia, Aconitine, Acontia, Acquaintable, Acquaintance, Acquiesce, Acquiescence, Acquirable, Acquire, Acquisite, Acquisitive, Acrania, Acraspeda, Acre, Acreable, Acreage, Acrita, Acrite, Acritude, Acrospore, Actable, Actinia, Actinomere, Actinophone, Actinosome, Actinostome, Actinozoa, Actinula, Actionable, Activate, Active, Actualize, Actuose, Acture, Acturience, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acuminose, Acupressure, Acustumaunce, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adage, Adamantine, Adamite, Adance, Adangle, Adansonia, Adaptable, Adaptative, Adaptive, Adarce, Addable, Adder's-tongue, Addible, Addice, Additive, Addressee, Adduce, Adducible, Adductive, Addulce, Adelphia, Adenoma, Adenose, Adhere, Adherence, Adhesive, Adiaphorite, Adipocerate, Adipocere, Adipoma, Adjudge, Adjudicative, Adjudicature, Adjugate, Adjure, Adjustable, Adjustage, Adjustive, Adjutage, Adjute, Admarginate, Admeasure, Adminicle, Administrable, Administrate, Administrative, Admirable, Admirance, Admirative, Admissible, Admissive, Admittable, Admixture, Admonitive, Admove, Adnate, Adolescence, Adonize, Adoptable, Adoptive, Adorable, Adrogate, Adscriptive, Adularia, Adulate, Adulterize, Adumbrate, Adumbrative, Adure, Adustible, Advancive, Advantageable, Advene, Adventuresome, Adverbialize, Adversaria, Advertise, Advice, Advisable, Advoke, Advowee, Adynamia, AEdile, AEgicrania, Aerate, Aerie, Aerocurve, Aerodrome, Aerolite, Aerophone, Aerophyte, Aeroscope, AErose, Aerosiderite, Aerosphere, AEsthesia, AEsthete, AEstivate, AEthrioscope, Affable, Affatuate, Affectible, Affectionate, Affective, Affiche, Affile, Affiliable, Affine, Affinitative, Affinitive, Affirmable, Affirmance, Affixture, Afflictive, Affluence, Afforce, Affordable, Afformative, Affranchise, Affricate, Affrontee, Affrontive, Affuse, Afire, Aflame, Aforetime, Africanize, After-eatage, Aftereye, Aftergame, After-image, After-note, Afterpiece, Aftertaste, Afterwise, Agalmatolite, Agama, Agatine, Agatize, Aggerate, Aggerose, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggrade, Aggrandizable, Aggrate, Aggravate, Aggravative, Aggregative, Aggrege, Aggressive, Aggrievance, Agible, Agile, Agiotage, Agitable, Agitate, Agitative, Agnize, Agnominate, Agonothete, Agora, Agouara, Agrace, Agraffe, Agraphia, Agrarianize, Agreeable, Agriculture, Agrope, Aguardiente. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-i-t" | |
-2 letters: facete. | |
-3 letters: aceta, aecia, facet, facia, tafia. | |
-4 letters: acta, cafe, cate, cete, cite, etic, face, fact, fate, feat, feet, feta, fete, fiat, fice, tace. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, aft, ait, ate, cat, cee, eat, eft, eta, fat, fee, fet, fie, fit, ice, tae, tea, tee, tic, tie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-i-t" | |
+1 letter: cafeteria. | |
+2 letters: cafeterias. | |
+3 letters: caffeinated. | |
+4 letters: affectionate, decaffeinate, prefabricate. | |
+5 letters: calefactories, decaffeinated, decaffeinates, prefabricated, prefabricates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 43 45 54 49 41 45 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -.-. . - .. .- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01000011 01000101 01010100 01001001 01000001 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A C E T I A E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 0043 0045 0054 0049 0041 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4035373954433539 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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