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Definition of Jocular
1. Adverb. With humor. "They tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly"
2. Adjective. Characterized by jokes and good humor.
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous
Derivative terms: Jocoseness, Jocosity, Jocosity, Jocularity, Jocularity, Jocularity, Joke, Joke
Definition of Jocular
1. a. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
Definition of Jocular
1. Adjective. (formal) Humorous, amusing or joking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jocular
1. given to joking [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jocular
Literary usage of Jocular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"... eren on the most delicate subject is without offence: the person speaking is
jocose; the thing said, or the manner of saying it, is jocular : it is not ..."
2. English Prose: Selections edited by Henry Craik (1908)
"... jocular DIVINITY IT hath been the good-nature (and politicians will have it
... and education unfitted for this jocular divinity, have, in order to it, ..."
3. The Representative Significance of Form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1909)
"... the Farce and Pun—The Ludicrous in the Grotesque—Another Example—In the Droll—In
the jocular—The Ludicrous in Travesty—In Humor and Wit—Humor Truthful. ..."
4. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"Of jocular refutation, 71—78. Of eluding a charge ; of pretended confession, ...
Of jocular imitation, 88. Of attributing thoughts to ourselves or others; ..."
5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"jocular PREACHERS. THESE preachers, whose works are excessively rare, form a race
unknown to the general reader. I shall sketch the characters of these ..."
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