jokesomeadj.
/ˈdʒəʊksəm/ Characterized by jokes, facetious, jocular.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > characterized by jesting or humour
jocatory1576
facetious1594
jocular1674
jocose1699
jokesome1810
humoresque1896
1810 H. V. Elliott Let. in Bateman Life (1870) i. 16 Light and jokesome Terpsichore.
1885 B. L. Farjeon Sacred Nugget I. i. xiii. 185 He would indulge in jokesome reminiscences.
Derivatives
ˈjokesomeness n. humorousness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > quality of being humorous
facetiousness1542
sportfulnessa1586
jocularity1646
faceteness1654
humour?1663
pleasantness1685
jocoseness1706
humorousness1727
funniness1836
jokesomeness1880
SOH1980
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley lvii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 337 Her husband excelled in jokesomeness.
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