jocular
adjUK /ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/ · US /ˈd͡ʒɑkjəlɚ/
Etymology From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).
1
Humorous, amusing or joking.
- He was in a jocular mood all day.
- All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
3 more examples
- From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.1865, Horatio Alger, “chapter IV”, in 'Paul Prescott's Charge:
- Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 15”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau:
- 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.1910, Stephen Leacock, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones:
- Derived terms
- jocularism, jocularity, jocularly, jocularness, joculous, overjocular, semi-jocular, unjocular
- Related terms
- joke