Jocular
['dʒɒkjʊlə] or ['dʒɑkjəlɚ]
Definition
(a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
(a.) Sportive; merry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Jocose.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See JOCOSE]
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Definition
adj. given to jokes: humorous: droll: laughable.—n. Jocular′ity.—adv. Joc′ularly.—n. Joculā′tor a professional jester or minstrel.—adj. Joc′ulātory.
Typist: Mason
Examples
- To whom this honourable and jocular, member fraternally said one day, 'Jem, there's a good opening among the hard Fact fellows, and they want men. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This, and my being esteemed a pretty good _rig-ite_, that is, a jocular verbal satirist, supported my consequence in the society. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She did it gloomily until she came to ten, but when she got into two figures she became more hopeful, and, as the time advanced, even jocular. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Mason