facetiae

pl.n.
Witty or humorous writings and sayings.

[Latin facētiae, pl. of facētia, jest. See facetious.]

(fuh-SEE-shee-ee)

noun
Witty or humorous remarks or writings.

Etymology
From Latin facetia (jest). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhe- (to set or put) which is also the source of do, deed, factory, fashion, face, rectify, defeat, sacrifice, satisfy, Sanskrit sandhi (literally, joining), Urdu purdah (literally, veil or curtain), and Russian duma (council).]

Usage
"But [Peter Porter] is neither forbidding nor dry, as the final, humorous poems here suggest, with their spoonerisms, parodies and aphorisms. These are the facetiae of an elder poet." — David Mccooey; Deft Confrontations With Ageing And Death; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Jan 26, 2002.

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