Facetious means joking about something that calls for seriousness. A facetious remark, being facetious, facetious and unhelpful.
It is always a criticism, since calling somebody facetious says the joke was badly timed rather than badly made. The word is also famous for containing all five vowels in order.
1adjectivefacetiousJoking about something that calls for seriousness.
“Stop being facetious; this is a serious problem and I need your help.”
facetious is a quality.
Latin facetia means a jest, from facetus, witty.
Latin
facētia — jest, wit, humor
French
facétieux
English, today
facetious
Built from
From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA