fa·ce·tious [fəˈsi:ʃəs] AGG usu pegg
1. facetious (flippant):
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Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)
Neurosis was being used, increasingly, in a facetious or pejorative sense, rather than a diagnostic sense.
en.wikipedia.org Besides, the diver of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing, which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing that approves his art.
en.wikipedia.org I hope they're not that facetious or anything to do something like that to the school.
www.metronews.ca It can also refer to more recent slang, some of which features the altering of vowels in certain words for facetious emphasis.
en.wikipedia.org As a metaphor it is used figuratively to characterise ego-driven battling in a pejorative or facetious manner that is often considered vulgar.
en.wikipedia.org Esempi dal web (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)
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www.lentos.at Disorienting, facetious, polarising – Alois Mosbacher, one of the neo-savages or “Neue Wilde”, has featured prominently in the art world ever since he first caused a splash in the 1980s, when the reputedly dead art of painting was revived.
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Mosbacher Der Künstler im Interview Impressionen Verstörend, witzig und polarisierend - der „Neue Wilde“ Alois Mosbacher erregte schon in den 1980er Jahren, als die totgesagte Malerei wiederauflebte, großes Aufsehen.
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