| 释义 |
facetiæ, n. pl.|fəˈsiːʃɪiː|
Also 6 in anglicized form facecies.
[a. L. facētiæ, pl. of facētia a jest, f. facētus facete.]
1. Humorous sayings or writings, pleasantries, witticisms.
1529More Dyaloge i. Wks. 118/2 With folish facecies and blasphemous mockery. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 78 The merry and pleasant sayings incident hereunto are called Facetiæ. 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect I. 324 Gilbert à Beckett..contributed jokes and facetiæ weekly.
2. Bookselling. Pornography.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 293/2 He puts to the end of his catalogue..two pages that he calls ‘Facetiæ’{ddd}indecent books, indeed. 1913[see erotica]. 1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 164/1 Facetiae, in booksellers' catalogues, is a euphemism for obscenities. 1947E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 115/1 Facetiae is a booksellers' euphemism for ‘pornography’ or ‘a book with a certain amount of sexual interest’ and should be avoided by anyone who is not a bookseller. |
