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Definition of Jocularity
1. Noun. A feeling facetious merriment.
2. Noun. Fun characterized by humor.
3. Noun. Activity characterized by good humor.
Generic synonyms: Diversion, Recreation
Specialized synonyms: Drollery, Waggery, Leg-pull, Leg-pulling, Pleasantry
Derivative terms: Jest, Jest, Jocular, Jocular, Joke, Joke, Jokester
Definition of Jocularity
1. n. Jesting; merriment.
Definition of Jocularity
1. Noun. Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jocularity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jocularity
Literary usage of Jocularity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"He handles his hero with affectionate jocularity bordering on farce; he imperils
John's dignity by laying bare his inmost half- thought thoughts—altogether ..."
2. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent: Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"At the same time, by their freedom and jocularity, they endeavoured * to obviate
any apprehensions which he might V entertain from such a proceeding'. ..."
3. Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres and Sacred Traditions by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"CHAPTER XIV On the Bad Effects of Pleasantry and jocularity O THOU who dost aspire
to repose in this world and in the next, who dost seek the way of peace ..."
4. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"Various names for jocularity or wit, 17—01. Depends partly on matter, partly on
words ; subjects of it, 22—24. Laughter may be excited by some act, or look, ..."
5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... like the author of ' Eothen,' are inclined to refine their common-place
smartness and jocularity by the dash of the profaneness which it acquires from a ..."
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