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jocular
Jocular (adj) means Fond of joking and having a good laugh.
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Fond of joking and having a good laugh.
"All we had was a short and jocular conversation."
"He was in a jocular mood all day."
"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."
— Stephen Leacock, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones (1910)
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Etymology
From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), a diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).
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What is the meaning of jocular?
"jocular" (adj) means fond of joking and having a good laugh.
What is another word for jocular?
Other words for "jocular" include joking, jocose, jesting.
What is the opposite of jocular?
The opposite of "jocular" is serious.
