\joh-KOHS\, an adjective given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful
Synonyms:
Jocose, Jovial, Jocular, Jocund agree in referring to someone who is in a good humor.
......Jocose refers to that which causes laughter; it suggests someone who is playful and given to jesting: with jocose and comical airs..............Jovial suggests a hearty, joyous humor: a jovial hostess.....................Jocular means humorous, facetious, mirthful, and waggish: jocular enough to keep up the spirits of all around her.
..........................Jocund (a literary word) suggests a cheerful, light-hearted, and sprightly gaiety: glad and jocund company.
Among the four words listed above, only jovial is familiar to me. I almost always associate it with convivial, a word I cannot forget for it's my nature to be convivial most of the times but moody sometimes. Now, by looking up the word jovial, I found three more similar words which remind me of their opposite, gloomy.
Example1:
A joker must be jocose enough to be able to laugh at himself or else he will end up laughing alone.
Example2:
Even if done jocosely, jaywalking can unfortunately fetch you a ticket to the final joyride of your life, a.k.a. a trip to the cemetery.
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Synonyms:
Jocose, Jovial, Jocular, Jocund agree in referring to someone who is in a good humor.
......Jocose refers to that which causes laughter; it suggests someone who is playful and given to jesting: with jocose and comical airs..............Jovial suggests a hearty, joyous humor: a jovial hostess.....................Jocular means humorous, facetious, mirthful, and waggish: jocular enough to keep up the spirits of all around her.
..........................Jocund (a literary word) suggests a cheerful, light-hearted, and sprightly gaiety: glad and jocund company.
Among the four words listed above, only jovial is familiar to me. I almost always associate it with convivial, a word I cannot forget for it's my nature to be convivial most of the times but moody sometimes. Now, by looking up the word jovial, I found three more similar words which remind me of their opposite, gloomy.
Example1:
A joker must be jocose enough to be able to laugh at himself or else he will end up laughing alone.
Example2:
Even if done jocosely, jaywalking can unfortunately fetch you a ticket to the final joyride of your life, a.k.a. a trip to the cemetery.
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