jocoseriousadj.

/dʒəʊkəʊˈsɪərɪəs/

Etymology: < joco- as combining form of Latin jocus joke, jest + serious adj.², n., and adv.

Half jocular, half serious; partly in jest and partly in earnest; blending jokes and serious matters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > partly

jocoseriousa1661

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > half serious, half jocular

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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 61 M^r. Brounrig was appointed to perform the Joco-serious part.

1737 M. Green Spleen 176 Drink a joco-serious cup With souls who've took their freedom up.

1819 Ann. Reg. 21/2 The right hon. gentleman went on in this joco-serious strain.

Derivatives

jocoseriˈosity n. (nonce-word).

ΚΠ

1885 E. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	jocoserious
释义	jocoseriousadj. /dʒəʊkəʊˈsɪərɪəs/ Etymology: < joco- as combining form of Latin jocus joke, jest + serious adj.², n., and adv. Half jocular, half serious; partly in jest and partly in earnest; blending jokes and serious matters. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > partly jocoseriousa1661 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > half serious, half jocular jocoseriousa1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 61 M^r. Brounrig was appointed to perform the Joco-serious part. 1737 M. Green Spleen 176 Drink a joco-serious cup With souls who've took their freedom up. 1819 Ann. Reg. 21/2 The right hon. gentleman went on in this joco-serious strain. Derivatives jocoseriˈosity n. (nonce-word). ΚΠ 1885 E. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.a1661
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