"facete" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fəˈsiːt/ [UK] Forms: more facete [comparative], most facete [superlative]
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin facētus; perhaps via Italian faceto. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|facētus}} Latin facētus, {{der|en|it|faceto}} Italian faceto Head templates: {{en-adj}} facete (comparative more facete, superlative most facete)
  1. (archaic) Facetious. Tags: archaic Derived forms: facetely, faceteness
    Sense id: en-facete-en-adj-SyKPgiAV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection iv:",
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