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[syn: jesting, jocose, jocular, joking]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jocose \jo*cose"\ (j[-o]*k[=o]s"), a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus
joke. See Joke.]
Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding
in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
[1913 Webster]
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with
an adversary. --Shaftesbury.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak
jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity. --Broome.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jocose
adj 1: characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jesting,
jocose, jocular, joking]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "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