JOCOSER
JOCOSE
Jo*cose", a. Etym: [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition