Facetia is a European literary genre from the Renaissance consisting of short humorous stories, jokes, jests, witticisms or drollery, often obscene or coarse.
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European literary genre from the Renaissance consisting of short humorous stories
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The first printed joke book is Facetiae
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Facetia (singular; plural: facetiae) is a European literary genre from the Renaissance consisting of short humorous stories, jokes, jests, witticisms or drollery, often obscene or coarse.
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