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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

jocose \jo*cose"\ (j[-o]*k[=o]s"), a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus
joke. See {Joke}.]
Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding
in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
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To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with
an adversary. --Shaftesbury.
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All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
--I. Watts.

Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish;
sportive; funny; comical. -- {jo*cose"ly}, adv. --
{jo*cose"ness}, n.
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Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak
jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity. --Broome.
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He must beware lest his letter should contain
anything like jocoseness; since jesting is
incompatible with a holy and serious life.
--Buckle.
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