jocularity

  • 1jocularity — joc u*lar i*ty (j[o^]k [ u]*l[a^]r [i^]*t[y^]), n. Jesting; merriment. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2jocularity — index life (vitality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3jocularity — (n.) 1640s, from M.L. iocularitas jocular, facetious, from iocularis (see JOCULAR (Cf. jocular)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4jocularity — noun /ˌdʒɑkjəˈlɛrɪti/ Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour. It should seem he had that day been in a humour for jocularity and merriment, and upon such occasions I never knew a man laugh more heartily …

    Wiktionary

  • 5jocularity — jocular ► ADJECTIVE ▪ fond of or characterized by joking; humorous. DERIVATIVES jocularity noun jocularly adverb. ORIGIN Latin jocularis, from jocus jest, joke …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6jocularity — noun see jocular …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7jocularity — /jok yeuh lar i tee/, n., pl. jocularities. 1. the state or quality of being jocular. 2. jocular speech or behavior. 3. a jocular remark or act. [1640 50; JOCULAR + ITY] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 8jocularity — Synonyms and related words: amusement, brilliance, cleverness, facetiousness, frivolity, fun, funniness, glee, gleefulness, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, humorousness, jocoseness, jocundity, joking, jolliness, jollity, joshing, joviality,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 9jocularity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. humor; mirth, laughter; jesting, joshing, kidding; wit. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 10jocularity — n. jesting, jokingjoc·u·lar·i·ty || ‚dÊ’É‘kjÉ™ lærÉ™tɪ /‚dÊ’É’kjÊŠ l …

    English contemporary dictionary