jocosityn.

Brit.

/dʒə(ʊ)ˈkɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/dʒoʊˈkɑsədi/,

/dʒəˈkɑsədi/

Etymology: < Latin type *jocōsitās , < jocōsus jocose adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare Italian giocosità (1611 in Florio), Spanish jocosidad.

a. Jocose quality or disposition, mirthfulness; esp. as exhibited in speech or action: mirth, merriment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry

merrinesseOE

jollitya1350

jollinessc1386

jocundityc1420

festivity1583

buxomness1598

joviality1626

mirthsomenessa1645

jocosity1646

allegresse1652

jovialness1658

mirthfulness1749

festiveness1777

zizz1920

gleefulness1934

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvi. 372 A laugh there is of contempt or indignation, as well as of mirth and Jocosity .

1778 F. Burneyy Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 106 A curious trait..of Dr. Johnson's jocosity.

1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) xiv. 199 A low-minded creature, whose only idea of wit or jocosity is to give others pain.

b. A jocose saying or act; a piece of jesting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke

gameOE

jape1377

bourda1387

mirthc1390

mowa1393

chapec1400

skauncec1440

sport?1449

popc1540

flirt1549

jest1551

merriment1576

shifta1577

facetiae1577

gig1590

pleasantry1594

lepidity1647

rallery1653

drollery1654

wit-crack1662

joco1663

pleasance1668

joke1670

jocunditya1734

quizzification1801

funniment1826

side-splitter1834

funniness1838

quizzery1841

jocularity1846

rib-tickler1855

jocosity1859

humorism1860

gag1863

gas1914

nifty1918

mirthquaker1921

rib1929

boffo1934

giggle1936

1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists i. 42 Early fabliaux, passing from mouth to mouth as rude jocosities.

1865 Sat. Rev. 29 July 151/1 A fabricator of small jocosities affecting the manner of a great humourist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jocosity
释义	jocosityn. Brit. /dʒə(ʊ)ˈkɒsᵻti/, U.S. /dʒoʊˈkɑsədi/, /dʒəˈkɑsədi/ Etymology: < Latin type jocōsitās , < jocōsus* jocose adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare Italian giocosità (1611 in Florio), Spanish jocosidad. a. Jocose quality or disposition, mirthfulness; esp. as exhibited in speech or action: mirth, merriment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry merrinesseOE jollitya1350 jollinessc1386 jocundityc1420 festivity1583 buxomness1598 joviality1626 mirthsomenessa1645 jocosity1646 allegresse1652 jovialness1658 mirthfulness1749 festiveness1777 zizz1920 gleefulness1934 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvi. 372 A laugh there is of contempt or indignation, as well as of mirth and Jocosity . View more context for this quotation 1778 F. Burneyy Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 106 A curious trait..of Dr. Johnson's jocosity. 1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) xiv. 199 A low-minded creature, whose only idea of wit or jocosity is to give others pain. b. A jocose saying or act; a piece of jesting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke gameOE jape1377 bourda1387 mirthc1390 mowa1393 chapec1400 skauncec1440 sport?1449 popc1540 flirt1549 jest1551 merriment1576 shifta1577 facetiae1577 gig1590 pleasantry1594 lepidity1647 rallery1653 drollery1654 wit-crack1662 joco1663 pleasance1668 joke1670 jocunditya1734 quizzification1801 funniment1826 side-splitter1834 funniness1838 quizzery1841 jocularity1846 rib-tickler1855 jocosity1859 humorism1860 gag1863 gas1914 nifty1918 mirthquaker1921 rib1929 boffo1934 giggle1936 1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists i. 42 Early fabliaux, passing from mouth to mouth as rude jocosities. 1865 Sat. Rev. 29 July 151/1 A fabricator of small jocosities affecting the manner of a great humourist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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