jocosenessn.
/dʒə(ʊ)ˈkəʊsnəs/, U.S. /dʒoʊˈkoʊsnəs/, /dʒəˈkoʊsnəs/ Jocose quality or character; mirthfulness of disposition or style; waggishness.
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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
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 385 He talks with the same Liberty, Familiarity, and Jocoseness.
1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 145 She has really some drollery about her,..and is very fond of jocoseness.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. vi. 100 The Baronet..thought proper in his wisdom to water the dryness of his sermon with a little jocoseness.
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n.1706- to take the plunge
- to take the ply
- to take the post
- to take the pulse of
- to take the pulses of
- to take the rag off
- to take the rag off someone
- to take the rag off something
- to take the rag off the bush
- to take the rap
- to take the register
- to take the repulse
- to take the rest
- to take the right hand of
- to take the right-hand file
- to take the righthand file
- to take the ring
- to take the risk
- to take the risks
- to take the road
- to take the road of
- to take the rough and the smooth
- to take the rough with the smooth
- to take the rue
- to take the rust