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jocular

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joc⋅u⋅lar

  [jok-yuh-ler]
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–adjective
given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
Origin:
1620–30; < L joculāris, equiv. to jocul(us) little joke (joc(us) joke + -ulus -ule ) + -āris -ar 1

Related forms:
joc⋅u⋅lar⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
See jovial.
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joc·u·lar   (jŏk'yə-lər)   
adj.  

  1. Characterized by joking.

  2. Given to joking.


[Latin ioculāris, droll, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.]
joc'u·lar'i·ty (-lār'ĭ-tē) n., joc'u·lar·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

jocular 
1626, from L. jocularis "funny, comic," from joculus, dim. of jocus (see joke). Implies evasion of an issue by a joke.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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