[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jocose \jocose"\ j-ok=os", a. l jocosus, fr. jocus
   joke. see joke.
   given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding
   in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
   1913 webster

         to quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with
         an adversary.                            --shaftesbury.
   1913 webster

         all . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
                                                  --i. watts.

   syn: jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish;
        sportive; funny; comical. -- jocose"ly, adv. --
        jocose"ness, n.
        1913 webster

              spondanus imagines that ulysses may possibly speak
              jocosely, but in truth ulysses never behaves with
              levity.                             --broome.
        1913 webster

              he must beware lest his letter should contain
              anything like jocoseness; since jesting is
              incompatible with a holy and serious life.
                                                  --buckle.
        1913 webster
see also:
joke jocose"ly jocose"ness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jocoseness
     n : the trait of merry joking syn: jocosity, merriness, humorousness
see also:
jocosity merriness humorousness 

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