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facetious
[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin fac tia, from fac tus, witty.]
1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.

cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
bantering, tongue-in-cheek

fallacy
[Alteration of Middle English fallace, from Old French, from Latin fall cia, deceit, from fall x, fall c-, deceitful, from fallere, to deceive.]
–noun, plural -cies.
1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
2. a misleading or unsound argument.
3. deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness.
4. Logic. any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound.
5. Obsolete. deception.





a wrong idea or belief, usually one that is generally believed to be true; false reasoning That belief is just a fallacy

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adj fallacious [fəˈleiʃəs]
wrong, mistaken or showing false reasoning a fallacious argument.

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fawn(1)
[Middle English faunen, from Old English fagnian, to rejoice, from fagen, fægen, glad.]
1. To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
2. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.





Fawn(2)
Middle English, from Old French foun, faon, feon, young animal, from Vulgar Latin *f t , *f t n-, from Latin f tus, offspring; see dh (i)- in Indo-European roots.]

1. A young deer, especially one less than a year old.
2. A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown.



1 a young deer. jong hert, reebok

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2 (also adjective) (of) its colour, a light yellowish brown a fawn sweater.

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fervent
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervns, fervent-, present participle of fervre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer.
2. Extremely hot; glowing.

extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope


adj fervent [ˈfəːvənt]
enthusiastic and very sincere fervent hope. hartstogtelike, vurige مُتَحَمِّس пламенен žhavý, vroucí lidenskabelig

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adv fervently

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filibuster
[From Spanish filibustero, freebooter, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, pirate; see freebooter.]
1.
U.S. Politics.
a.
the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority.

b.
an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose.

c.
a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.

2.
an irregular military adventurer, esp. one who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution.



flout
1350–1400; ME flouten to play the flute; cf. D fluiten to play the flute, jeer
.tr.
To show contempt for; scorn: flout a law; behavior that flouted convention. See Usage Note at flaunt.
v.intr.
To be scornful.
n.
A contemptuous action or remark; an insult.

Tehran women who flout dress code
to refuse to respect or obey He flouted the headmaster's authority.

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fortuitous
1645–55; gratuitous ); see -ous
1. happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
2. lucky; fortunate: a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career

having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times


fulminate
[Middle English fulminaten, from Latin fulmin re, fulmin t-, to strike with lightning, from fulmen, fulmin-, lightning that strikes; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
–verb (used without object)
1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. to issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. by against): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.

–verb (used with object) 3. to cause to explode.
4. to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.

–noun
5. one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent

furtive
[French furtif, from Old French, from Latin f rt vus, from f rtum, theft, from f r, thief; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
1. Characterized by stealth; surreptitious.
2. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty. See Synonyms at secret.

secretive; avoiding attention a furtive action/look.

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