† jocularyn.
Obsolete. rare.
The art or practice of jesters or jugglers; jugglery.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun]
jocularya1500
fooling?1545
clownage1590
buffoonizing1611
tomfoolery1812
clownery1821
tomfooling1823
clowning1861
jazzbo1914
slapstick1926
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun]
colea1307
jugglingc1380
tregetryc1380
jugglerya1400
tregettingc1440
legerdemaina1450
jocularya1500
conveyance1531
prestigiation?c1550
conjuring1577
figgum1631
prestigion1635
sleight of handa1640
hocus-pocus1647
sleight1664
jugglementa1708
thaumaturgy1727
conjurationa1734
ventriloquism1797
magic1831
prestidigitation1841
hocus1854
conjury1855
a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 216 A mane, he says, quhik al his fantasy Has geffyne to vice and vesy ioculary.
a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 231 The instrumentis pertenande ioculary War neuer plesande to god ȝeit sekyrly.
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† jocularyadj.
Obsolete.
= jocular adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting
bourdfula1425
pleasant1530
facete1600
joculary1605
merrya1616
jocundary1618
lepidc1619
droll1623
humorousa1652
drollerical1656
humoursome1656
drollish1674
ludicrous1687
humorific1819
jestful1831
humoristica1834
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll4v With Arts voluptuarie, I couple practises Iocularie. View more context for this quotation
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 198 This is a joculary and imaginary Court, wherewith men make merriment to themselves.
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n.a1500adj.1605