About The Word Jocose
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Jocose
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What's The Definition Of Jocose?
[adj] characterized by jokes and good humor
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jocose: humorous | humourous | jesting | jocular | joking Related Terms | Find terms related to Jocose: Attic | biting | blithe | brilliant | clever | comic | comical | droll | facetious | funny | humorous | humorsome | jesting | jocular | jocund | joking | joky | jolly | joshing | jovial | keen | keen-witted | laughable | ludicrous | mordant | nimble-witted | playful | pointed | pungent | quick-witted | rapier-like | roguish | salt | salty | scintillating | sharp | smart | sparkling | sportive | sprightly | waggish | whimsical | witty See Also | Jocose In Webster's Dictionary \Jo*cose"\, a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See {Joke}.]
Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding
in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with
an adversary. --Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
--I. Watts.
Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish;
sportive; funny; comical. -- {Jo*cose"ly}, adv. --
{Jo*cose"ness}, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak
jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity. --Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain
anything like jocoseness; since jesting is
incompatible with a holy and serious life.
--Buckle.
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