Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jocose"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Jocose \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

jocose
adj : characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: {jesting}, {jocular},
{joking}]


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