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jo⋅cose
[
joh-kohs, juh-] 
–adjective
| given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner. |
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| jo·cose (jō-kōs') adj.
[Latin iocōsus, from iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.] jo·cose'ly adv., jo·cose'ness, jo·cos'i·ty (-kŏs'ĭ-tē) n. |
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Jocose
Jo*cose"\, a. [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. --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.
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jocose
1673, from L. jocosus "full of jesting, joking," from jocus "pastime, sport" (see joke). Implies ponderous humor.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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