Definition of Jocosity

1. Noun. Fun characterized by humor.

Exact synonyms: Jocularity
Generic synonyms: Fun, Play, Sport
Derivative terms: Jocose, Jocular

2. Noun. The trait of merry joking.
Exact synonyms: Humorousness, Jocoseness, Merriness
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

jockocracy
jockos
jocks
jockstraps
jocky
joco
joco-serious
jocolatte
jocose
jocosely
jocoseness
jocosenesses
jocoserious
jocosities
jocosity (current term)
jocote
jocotes
jocular
jocularities
jocularity
jocularly
jocularness
joculary
joculator
joculators
joculatory
jocund
jocundities
jocundity

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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