jocoseness
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Noun (1)
- the trait of merry jokingSynonyms: jocositymerrinesshumorousnessType of levityKinds wittiness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“jocoseness” is listed under jocose.
jo·cose′ (jō-kōs′), adjective
Origin: 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.— Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury
All... jocose or comical airs should be excluded.— Isaac Watts
Synonyms: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.
— jo·cose′wb-a1′>′ly, adverb — jo·cose′wb-a1′>′ness, noun
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity.— William Broome
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life.— Henry Thomas Buckle
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54