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    jocose
    /dʒə(ʊ)ˈkəʊs/

    adjective

    • 1. playful or humorous: formal "a jocose allusion"

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  2. Jocose means humorous or liking to play, and is often used in a literary context. Learn more about its pronunciation, synonyms and usage with examples from the Hansard archive and Wikipedia.

  3. When you need a word to describe something (or someone) that causes or is intended to cause laughter, you might pick jocose or a synonym such as humorous, witty, facetious, or jocular. Of those terms, humorous is the most generic and can be applied to anything that provokes laughter.

  4. Jocose definition: given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful. See examples of JOCOSE used in a sentence.

  5. Jocose, jocular, joke — they all come from jocus. Jocose first came into English in the seventeenth century as a way to describe something that’s characterized by a playful, merry humor.

  6. Jocose means humorous or liking to play, and is often used to describe someone's manner or behavior. Learn more about this word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

  7. Jocose means given to or characterized by joking, playful, or humorous. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of jocose in various languages, as well as related terms and examples.

  8. Synonyms for JOCOSE: merry, jolly, festive, cheerful, jocular, witty, laughing, jovial; Antonyms of JOCOSE: melancholy, blue, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, aggrieved, abject, disconsolate.