Jo‐cose″ (jō̍‐kōs″), a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury.
All... jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.
Syn. — Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.
— Jo‐cose″ly, adv. — Jo‐cose″ness, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle.