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Apr 26, 2007 This week's theme Words having vowels aeiou once and only once, and in order This week's words abstemious caesious anemious facetious annelidous Make a gift that keeps on giving, all year long: A gift subscription of AWAD or give the gift of books Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg facetious This week's theme: words having vowels aeiou once and only once, and in order. facetious (fuh-SEE-shus) adjective Jocular or humorous, often inappropriately. [From Latin facetus (witty).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "Prof Bailey is particularly incensed that in some cases, the presiding judge makes facetious comments which trivialise the issue." Barbara Gloudon; Of Bling and School Uniforms; Jamaica Observer; Mar 23, 2007. X-Bonus Modern technology / Owes ecology / An apology. -Alan M. Eddison

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