jocosity

jocosity: n

1. playfulness, prankishness, sportiveness, clownishness; jocularity, drollery, facetiousness, wit, humor; humorousness, comicalness, amusingness, drollness, delightfulness; laughableness, ludicrousness, absurdity, farcicality, ridiculousness, silliness, whimsicality; hilarity, riotousness, hysteria.

2. jesting, joking, teasing, fooling, Inf. kidding, Inf. funning; joke, jest, jape, gag, quip, Inf. wisecrack, Inf. crack; waggery, witticism, squib, pun, crank; trick, practical joke, prank, caper, antic, shenanigan, monkeyshine, foolery; entertainment, diversion, amusement, levity, fun.

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jocosity — jo*cos i*ty (j[ o]*k[o^]s [i^]*t[y^]), n. A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jocosity — (n.) 1640s; see JOCOSE (Cf. jocose) + ITY (Cf. ity) … Etymology dictionary
jocosity — [jō käs′ə tē] n. [ML iocositas] 1. the quality or state of being jocose 2. pl. jocosities a jocose action or remark … English World dictionary
jocosity — jocose ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ playful or humorous. DERIVATIVES jocosely adverb jocoseness noun jocosity noun (pl. jocosities) . ORIGIN Latin jocosus, from jocus jest, joke … English terms dictionary
jocosity — noun see jocose … New Collegiate Dictionary
jocosity — /joh kos i tee, jeuh /, n., pl. jocosities. 1. the state or quality of being jocose. 2. joking or jesting. 3. a joke or jest. [1640 50; JOCOSE + ITY] * * * … Universalium
jocosity — noun a) The state of being jocose. b) A jocose utterance … Wiktionary
jocosity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mer riness, mirth,… … English dictionary for students
jocosity — n. cheerfulness, joking, fun … English contemporary dictionary
jocosity — jo·cos·i·ty … English syllables

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