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Fun characterized by humor
Answer for the clue "Fun characterized by humor ", 8 letters:
jocosity
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Word definitions for jocosity in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fun characterized by humor [syn: jocularity ] the trait of merry joking [syn: jocoseness , merriness , humorousness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
jocosity \jo*cos"i*ty\ (j[-o]*k[o^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. --Sir T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s; see jocose + -ity .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being jocose. 2 (context countable English) A jocose utterance.
Usage examples of jocosity.
He was, however, in his personalities, chiefly remarkable for two queer and twinkling little eyes, and for a habitual custom of licking his lips whenever he said any thing of pith or jocosity, or thought that he had done so, which was very often the case.
John answered, with that feeble jocosity in which we are all apt to indulge when at length a great weight is lifted from our nerves.
Respectable matrons from Richmond, Virginia, bridled at the scientific jocosities of birth controllers from San Francisco.
I find no luxury, but a shambles: I find no toasted cheese, but a host groping for jocosity about what is in fact a grave and painful disease.