Saturnalian vs facetious

Saturnalian

adj
  • riotously merry; dissolute 

  • of or pertaining to Saturnalia 

facetious

adj
  • Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. 

  • Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite. 

  • Pleasantly humorous; jocular. 

How often have the words Saturnalian and facetious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )