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Synonyms for jocosity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : joh-kos-i-tee, juh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒoʊˈkɒs ɪ ti, dʒə- |
Top 10 synonyms for jocosity Other synonyms for the word jocosity
- comicalness
- drollness
- farcicality
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- high spirits
- humorousness
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- levity
- lightness
- ludicrousness
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- tomfoolery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- zaniness
Définition of jocosity
Origin :- 1640s; see jocose + -ity.
- noun humor
- The purity of woman and the reality of religion are not considered topics for jocosity.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- "I'll give you a penny for them thoughts," he said, with an air of jocosity.
- Extract from : « Ship's Company, The Entire Collection » by W.W. Jacobs
- But it was only with a favoured few that she descended to jocosity.
- Extract from : « A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories » by Marian T. MacIntosh
- The result was apparent in the jocosity of this heavy Mr. Mavering's reply.
- Extract from : « April Hopes » by William Dean Howells
- Ayre accepted his friend's jocosity and his own excitement with equal placidity.
- Extract from : « Father Stafford » by Anthony Hope
- Innocence and jocosity were two of her leading characteristics; another was a genuine but ingenuous literary faculty.
- Extract from : « Witching Hill » by E. W. Hornung
- On the present occasion he welcomed Arkady with all the bonhomie, all the jocosity, of an "enlightened" bigwig.
- Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
- At the first his extremely youthful appearance and his jocosity of manner stood in the way.
- Extract from : « A History of American Literature » by Percy H. Boynton
- The superficial, no doubt, will mistake this little book for a somewhat laborious attempt at jocosity.
- Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan
- Miss Joanna Baillie tried her hand at an imitation, but the jocosity of the real thing is not feminine.
- Extract from : « The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5) » by Various
Antonyms for jocosity
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