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facetiae

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
facetiae /fəˈsēSHēˌē, , fəˈsiʃiˌi , fəˈsēSHēˌī, fəˈsiʃiˌaɪ /
▸ plural noun
1 dated pornographic literature.
2 archaic humorous or witty sayings.
– ORIGIN early 16th century : from Latin, plural of facetia ‘jest’, from facetus ‘witty’.