Synonyms for jocose
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : joh-kohs, juh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒoʊˈkoʊs, dʒə- |
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Définition of jocose
Origin :- 1670s, from Latin iocosus "full of jesting, joking," from iocus "pastime, sport; a jest, joke" (see joke (n.)). Implies ponderous humor. Related: Jocosely; jocoseness.
- adj cheerful
- The rather numerous men of the family were dense and grumpy, or dense and jocose.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- He was genial and jocose, sunburnt and romantically allusive.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- The tone of the proclamation was not as jocose as in the former Chigirin talks.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- A jocose answer to children when they say they have gotten nothing.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
- I have been asked why I employed a pleasant, jocose, and diverting style.
- Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
- He was jocose doubtless so as to pass the matter off lightly, and to spare my feelings.
- Extract from : « A Romantic Young Lady » by Robert Grant
- At length Colonel Clark turned to me with that quiet, jocose way he had when relaxed.
- Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
- His manner had always been jocose, and yet she knew of the earnestness behind it.
- Extract from : « 'Drag' Harlan » by Charles Alden Seltzer
- He was informed in a jocose way that they were making Epping butter!
- Extract from : « The Stock-Feeder's Manual » by Charles Alexander Cameron
- File, a deep or artful man, a jocose name for a cunning person.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
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