Crossword clues for jocosity
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
1640s; see jocose + -ity.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being jocose. 2 (context countable English) A jocose utterance.
WordNet
n. fun characterized by humor [syn: jocularity]
the trait of merry joking [syn: jocoseness, merriness, humorousness]
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.