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Definition of Jocosity
1. Noun. Fun characterized by humor.
2. Noun. The trait of merry joking.
Generic synonyms: Levity
Derivative terms: Humorous, Jocose, Jocose, Merry, Merry
Definition of Jocosity
1. n. A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.
Definition of Jocosity
1. Noun. The state of being jocose. ¹
2. Noun. A jocose utterance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jocosity
1. the state of being jocose [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jocosity
Literary usage of Jocosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years by Laurence Oliphant (1859)
"... jocosity OF HIGO-NO-KAMI GENERAL GOOD-HUMOUR. BEFORE proceeding to describe
our audience with the Ministers of State, it will be necessary to give a ..."
2. Travels in Siberia by S. S. Hill (1854)
"Siberian jocosity.—Effects of a Jest. A FEW days after our arrival at Irkoutsk,
I supped by invitation at the house of the chief merchant of the eastern ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"In the Lower Chamber it gave rise to unbounded jocosity. One honourable member,
it appears, moved an amendment, not only forbidding a diplomate from wearing ..."
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