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Definition of Jocoseness
1. Noun. The trait of merry joking.
Generic synonyms: Levity
Derivative terms: Humorous, Jocose, Jocose, Merry, Merry
Definition of Jocoseness
1. Noun. the state of being jocose ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jocoseness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jocoseness
Literary usage of Jocoseness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1883)
"lest his letter should contain any thing like jocoseness ; since jesting is
incompatible with a holy and serious life."8 It was, moreover, wrong to take ..."
2. A Book about Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1867)
"... leather doublet as well as I" Sometimes Erskine's treatment of witnesses was
very jocular, and sometimes very unfair ; but his jocoseness was usually so ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"Jocular, facetious, humorous, witty, waggish, droll, funny, comical, sportive,
merry. jocoseness, n'. Jocularity. Jocular, a. JOCOSE. Jocularity, n. ..."
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