jocose Meaning, Definition & Usage

Jo*cose" adjective

Etymology

L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.

Definitions

1. Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.

   To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury.

   All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.

   Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical. -- Jo*cose"ly, adv. -- Jo*cose"ness, n.

   Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome.

   He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle.