Welcome to the final installment of this month-long celebration of the 100 Words of Word Woman! I'll be posting the last 25 words (numbers 76-100) today after we look at the Word of the Week. This week's word was brought to my attention by a co-worker, due to its credentials as the only word in the English language which features each and every one of the vowels in order. And that word is facetiously. What does it mean? Let's look at root word, facetious:
Main Entry: fa·ce·tious
Pronunciation: \fə-ˈsē-shəs\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French facetieux, from facetie jest, from Latin facetia
Date: 1599
1 : joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
synonyms see witty
— fa·ce·tious·ly adverb
— fa·ce·tious·ness noun
76. Purlicue
77. Snollygoster
78. Dictionary attack
79. Glabrous
80. Pendent/Pendant
81. Antidextrous
82. Production level
83. Nintendonitis
84. Impugn
85. Anxious class
86. Nemesis
87. Wet paint syndrome
88. Trope
89. Discerp
90. –Cracy
91. Ersatz
92. Conundrum
93. Abstemious
94. Epitome
95. Bois de vache
96. Pecuniary
97. Darraign
98. Sinecure
99. Rapscallion
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