jocularity

[ jok-yuh-lar-i-tee ]

noun,plural joc·u·lar·i·ties.

Origin of jocularity

First recorded in 1640–50; jocular + -ity

In a morning filled with brotherly love and jocularity over how everyone was getting along so well, no one wanted to offend.
At American Enterprise Institute, NeoCons Say ‘Hello, Dalai’ | Eleanor Clift | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This same frontier jocularity furnishes an explanation for the origin of several of the theories of the derivation of the name.
The Word Hoosier; John Finley | Jacob Piatt Dunn
The dominant "note" sounded in Punch's pages is one of jocularity and good humour.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. Graves
Well, they never came back to tell, rejoined Jarrold, with grim jocularity.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner | Wilbur Lawton
She could see, under his jocularity, his pride and pleasure in her (as he considered) audacity.
The Locusts' Years | Mary Helen Fee

Martin had assumed a marital jocularity on the subject of the Judge.
The Locusts' Years | Mary Helen Fee

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