facetious

  • 91jesting — jest·ing || dÊ’estɪŋ n. joking, bantering; ridicule, mocking adj. facetious, humorous, playful; mocking, jeering dÊ’est n. joke, witticism; jeering or mocking remark; sport, fun; laughing stock, subject of a joke or mockery v. joke, speak or… …

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  • 92tongue-in-cheek — Digest 20/2002 saying something other than what is truly meant; facetious; sarcastic; insincere When Paul complimented his secretary s work, he was being facetious. He really meant just the opposite. He was speaking tongue in cheek. The… …

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  • 93mate — n 1. twin, fellow, other half, one of a pair, Astron. comes; counterpart, parallel, correspondence, peer, equal, equivalent; match, double, bird of a feather, duplicate, copy, facsimile; complement, completer, accessory, concomitant, concurrent.… …

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  • 94παιστικόν — παιστικός facetious masc acc sg παιστικός facetious neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 95snail mail — noun any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service email is much faster than snail mail • Ant: ↑electronic mail, ↑e mail, ↑email • Hypernyms: ↑mail, ↑mail service, ↑postal service, ↑ …

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  • 96facetiosity — fəˌsēshēˈäsəd.ē, ətē, i noun ( es) Etymology: from facetious, after such pairs as English ponderous: ponderosity : a facetious quality or item the ponderous facetiosity of his pronouncements …

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  • 97molendinar — /mo lenˈdi nər/ (pedantically facetious) adjective Relating to a mill or a miller noun A molar tooth ORIGIN: LL molendīnum a mill, from L molere to grind • • • molenˈdinary adjective (pedantically facetious) Relating to a mill noun A mill …

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  • 98Australian bear — Bear Bear (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[ a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[ o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of the genus {Ursus},… …

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  • 99Bear — (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[ a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[ o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of the genus {Ursus}, and of the… …

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  • 100Bear baiting — Bear Bear (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[ a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[ o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of the genus {Ursus},… …

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