facety

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facety

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Apparently an alteration of facey (although it is attested slightly later) with epenthetic t; perhaps compare -ety, feisty, or Sranan Tongo fiésti (“dirty, nasty”) (19th century).

adjective more facety · most facety · facey

Caribbean, Jamaica Playfully rude; feisty. My teachers, in the main, thought this was good, but in my parents' opinion I was just simply “facety,” or in plain English, rude or impertinent. Well, the discovery came about as a result of my being “facety” to Mavis.

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@misc{facety_2026,
  title = {facety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}