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jocoserious, a.|dʒəʊkəʊˈsɪərɪəs|
[f. joco- as comb. form of L. jocus joke, jest + serious.]
Half jocular, half serious; partly in jest and partly in earnest; blending jokes and serious matters. Hence jocoseriˈosity (nonce-wd.).
a1661Fuller Worthies, Suffolk iii. (1662) 61 Mr. Brounrig was appointed to perform the Joco-serious part thereof. 1737M. Green Spleen 176 Drink a joco-serious cup With souls who've took their freedom up. 1819Ann. Reg. 21/2 The right hon. gentleman went on in this joco-serious strain. 1885E. Johnson in Browning Society Papers vii. 29 Our own poet has lately characterized himself as a jocoserious genius; and in fact this jocoseriosity seems of much the same quality with the eironeia of the Greek. |