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"pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "faceto" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hyōkin", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "剽軽" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "sméšen", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "сме́шен" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "zábaven", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "за́бавен" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "šégovit", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "ше́говит" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "faceto" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "šutlívyj", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "шутли́вый" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "šútočnyj", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "шу́точный" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zabávnyj", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "заба́вный" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "tags": [ "masculine", "obsolete" ], "word": "faceto" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "gracioso" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "facecioso" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "skämtsam" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "arabus" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "cellweirus" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "pleasantly humorous, jocular", "word": "doniol" } ], "word": "facetious" }
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