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jocose, a.|dʒəʊˈkəʊs|
[ad. L. jocōs-us full of jesting or joking, f. jocus: see joco and -ose.]
1. Of persons, or their dispositions, etc.: Full of jokes: given to joking; playful, sportive, waggish.
1673Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 247 It was enough to depress and tame the most Jocose and bravest spirit in the World. 1709Shaftesbury Ess. Wit & Humour i. §3 When they vouchsafe to quit their Austerity, and be jocose and pleasant with an Adversary. 1787Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 263 Jocose Clergymen..cannot but dislike those who are steadily serious. 1882L'Estrange Friendships Miss Mitford I. vii. 176 That she was so far heart-whole was evident, for she could be jocose on the subject.
2. Of speech, writing, or action: Of the nature of a joke, or characterized by jokes; spoken, written, or done in joke; playful in style or character.
1699Bentley Phal. 287 The Greek Satyrica was only a jocose sort of Tragedy. a1708Beveridge Priv. Th. i. (1730) 118 There are some Words, that are purely jocose, spoken with no other Intent, but only to promote Mirth and divert Melancholy. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. v, So he gave her three or four with a kind of jocose gallantry. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xix, He caught the sound of jocose talk and ringing laughter from behind the hedges. |