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单词 jocularity
释义
jocularjoc‧u‧lar /ˈdʒɒkjələ $ ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjocular
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin jocularis, from jocus; JOKE1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a jocular tone
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat.
  • His attention and trust gave her jocular ease with men and what acceptance she had of her own forceful character.
  • I was appalled to hear his jovial, jocular style.
  • Moreover, once the cases were distributed to each member, the reactions were jocular.
  • To those ballads he added a substantial leavening of others that were complimentary, jocular, and satirical.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounjokejokerjokinessjocularityadverbjokinglyjokilyjocularlyadjectivejokeyjocularverbjoke
joking or humorousjolly:  He sounded in a jocular mood.jocularly adverbjocularity /ˌdʒɒkjəˈlærəti $ ˌdʒɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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