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joc⋅u⋅lar⋅i⋅ty

  [jok-yuh-lar-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. the state or quality of being jocular.
2. jocular speech or behavior.
3. a jocular remark or act.
Origin:
1640–50; jocular + -ity
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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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Jocularity

Joc`u*lar"i*ty\, n. Jesting; merriment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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