Word of the Day
Saturday 7th December 2013
Jocose
\ joh-KOHS, juh- \ , adjective;
1.
given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and
amusing manner.
amusing manner.
Quotes:
The jocose talk of haymakers is best at a distance; like those clumsy bells round the
cows' necks, it has rather a coarse sound when it comes close, and may even grate
on your ears painfully...
cows' necks, it has rather a coarse sound when it comes close, and may even grate
on your ears painfully...
-- George Eliot, Adam Bede , 1859
Lord Boardotrade was there, making semi- jocose speech, quite in the approved
way for a cognatepaterfamilias.
way for a cognatepaterfamilias.
-- Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel , 1878
Origin:
Jocose comes from the Latin jocōsus meaning "joking." It entered English in the 1600s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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