Definitions for facetiae

facetiae fa·ce·ti·ae

Spelling: [fuh-see-shee-ee]
IPA: /fəˈsi ʃiˌi/

Facetiae is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in facetiae (aaceefit).

Definitions for facetiae

plural noun

  1. amusing or witty remarks or writings.

Origin of facetiae

1520-30; Latin, plural of facētia something witty. See facete, -ia

Examples for facetiae

Facetus, facetiae, infacetus, infacetiae are favourite words with Catullus.

Andrea was something of a wit and is quoted in the facetiae of Domenichi.

Even Pembury had mistaken its “inmost soul,” for he had placed it in the column devoted to “facetiae.”

Maurepas is credited with contributions to the collection of facetiae known as the trennes de la Saint Jean (2nd ed., 1742).

Word Value for facetiae
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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