jocose

[ joh-kohs, juh- ]

/ dʒoʊˈkoʊs, dʒə- /

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adjective

given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.

Words nearby jocose

jockey for position, jockey shorts, jocko, jockstrap, jockteleg, jocose, jocosity, jocular, jocularity, jocund, jocundity

Origin of jocose

1665–75; < Latin jocōsus, equivalent to joc(us) joke + -ōsus -ose¹

SYNONYMS FOR jocose

facetious, waggish, witty, funny, droll, comical, sportive, merry. See jovial.

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OTHER WORDS FROM jocose

jo·cose·ly, adverbjo·cose·ness, nounqua·si-jo·cose, adjectivequa·si-jo·cose·ly, adverb

un·jo·cose, adjectiveun·jo·cose·ly, adverbun·jo·cose·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jocose

jocose jocular jocund jovial (see synonym study at jovial)

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Examples from the Web for jocose

Of all patois they declared that mine was the most preposterous and the most jocose in sound.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson
They glided from these serious topics into the jocose insults which are the wit of Main Street.
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
I can conceive that those austere people were sometimes even merry and jocose.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume IV|John Lord
One man, a quondam music-hall singer, carried his jocose art into his sick-bed.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke

The Blight was very quiet at lunch, as was the little sister, and my effort to be jocose was a lamentable failure.
A Knight of the Cumberland|John Fox Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for jocose

jocose

/ (dʒəˈkəʊs) /

adjective

characterized by humour; merry

Derived forms of jocose

jocosely, adverbjocoseness or jocosity (dʒəˈkɒsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for jocose

C17: from Latin jocōsus given to jesting, from jocus joke

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jocose

adjective

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Words nearby jocose

Origin of jocose

SYNONYMS FOR jocose

OTHER WORDS FROM jocose

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British Dictionary definitions for jocose

adjective

Derived forms of jocose

Word Origin for jocose