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jokesomeness en · NOUN

Etymology

From jokesome + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being jokesome; jest
    • It is even a ghastlier notion that the jokesomeness of a philosopher, the unessential fringe of a subject, often becomes the soul-destroying weary, worrying study of a schoolboy. 1900, John Perry, England's Neglect of Science:
    • But with a kind of perverse jokesomeness (the hodgepodge of words and symbols on the coffin recollects Addison's examples of "false wit"), she leaves behind a mystifying substitute for the self — [...] 1982, Terry Castle, Clarissa's Ciphers:
    • "We mought be; and yet again we mought not," Master Popplewell returned, with a glance at Mrs. Deborah, who had just been describing to the company how much her husband excelled in jokesomeness. 2008, R. D. Blackmore, Marry Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale: