jocular
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 7
/ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/
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/ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/ · /ˈd͡ʒɑkjəlɚ/(US)
Definition of jocular
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Humorous, amusing or joking.
“He was in a jocular mood all day.”
“All we had was a short and jocular conversation.”
“From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.”
“Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.”
“Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.”
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Etymology
From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).
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