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jocose en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒəˈkoʊs/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /d͡ʒoʊˈkoʊs/ (US)
• /d͡ʒəˈkəʊs/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin iocōsus (“humorous”), from iocus (“jest, joke”).

Meanings

1. (formal) given to jesting; habitually jolly
   • Adde to this diſsipated and diſtracted ſtate of Miniſters, their private diſtreſſes and poverties, together with the publick neglect and indifferency of people toward them; who can wonder if they look pitifully one on another, which no jocoſe or juvenile drolings can relieve? 1659, John Gauden, chapter XXXI, in Ίερα Δακρυα [Hiera dakrya]. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Suspiria. The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England: […], London: Printed by J[ohn] G[rismond] for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC, book II (Searching the Causes and Occasions of the Church of England’s Decayes), page 251:
   • Jocose flesh-eaters take a malicious delight in pointing out and enumerating to Vegetarians the many animal substances now in common use, and in taunting them with inconsistency in using them. 1886, Henry S. Salt, “VII: On Certain Fallacies”, in A Plea for Vegetarianism and Other Essays, page 80:
   • The American people, / With grins jocose, / Always survive the fatal dose. 1941, Ogden Nash, “Look What You Did, Christopher!”, in The Face Is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 223:
2. (formal) playful or humorous; characterized by joking

Forms

Deriveds

unjocose · jocoseness · jocosity · jocosely · jocoserious

Relateds

jocund · jocular

Translations (25)

ka ლაღი (characterised by joking) · fi vekkuli (given to jest) · bg шеговит (characterised by joking) · de scherzend (characterised by joking) · es jocoso (given to jest) · de drollig (characterised by joking) · pl żartobliwy (characterised by joking) · pl żartobliwy (given to jest) · pl krotochwilny (characterised by joking) · ka მოხუმარი (characterised by joking) · ka მხიარული (characterised by joking) · ka ხუმარა (given to jest) · pl krotochwilny (given to jest) · cs humorný (characterised by joking) · ro glumeţ (characterised by joking) · cs žertovný (characterised by joking) · de launig (given to jest) · bg игрив (given to jest) · de drollig (given to jest) · es jocoso (characterised by joking) · ka ლაღი (given to jest) · bg весел (given to jest) · ka ხუმარა (characterised by joking) · ka მოხუმარი (given to jest) · ka მხიარული (given to jest)