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facetiae

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fa⋅ce⋅ti⋅ae

  [fuh-see-shee-ee]
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–plural noun
amusing or witty remarks or writings.
Origin:
1520–30; < L, pl. of facētia something witty. See facete, -ia
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fa·ce·ti·ae   (fə-sē'shē-ē')   
pl.n.  Witty or humorous writings and sayings.

[Latin facētiae, pl. of facētia, jest; see facetious.]
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