Jocular

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:35:46

Joc"u*lar (?), a. [L. jocularis, fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke. See Joke.]

1.

Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.

2.

Sportive; merry.

"Jocular exploits."

Cowper.

The style is serious and partly jocular. Dryden.

 

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