Definition of Jocse
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- given to jest; habitually jolly
- playful; characterized by joking
- in a joking manner
- the trait of merry joking
- characteristically humorous
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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