[fa.ce.tious] adj [MF facetieux, fr. facetie jest, fr. L facetia] (1599) 1: joking or jesting often inappropriately: waggish "just being ~"
2: meant to be humorous or funny: not serious "a ~ remark" syn see witty -- fa.ce.tious.ly adv -- fa.ce.tious.ness n