sb. pl. Also 6 in anglicized form facecies. [a. L. facētiæ, pl. of facētia a jest, f. facētus FACETE.] Humorous sayings or writings, pleasantries, witticisms.
1529. More, Dyaloge, I., Wks., 118/2. With folish facecies and blasphemous mockery demaunde whyther god and hys saintes lack lyght or whyther it be nyght with them that they cannot se wyth out candle.
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 78. The merry and pleasant sayings incident hereunto are called Facetiæ (i. e.) the pleasures and delights of speech, which are taken from divers places.
1883. S. C. Hall, Retrospect of a Long Life, I. 324–5. Gilbert à Beckett, who contributed jokes and facetiæ weekly.
