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jocular

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English

WOTD – 26 June 2006

Etymology

FromLatiniocularis, fromioculus(“a little jest”), diminutive ofiocus(“a jest”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/
(US)IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑkjəlɚ/
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Adjective

jocular (comparativemorejocular,superlativemostjocular)

Humorous,amusing orjoking.
He was in ajocular mood all day.
All we had was a short andjocular conversation.
- 1865,Horatio Alger, “chapter IV”, in'Paul Prescott's Charge:
  From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to bejocular.
- 1896,H. G. Wells, “chapter 15”, inThe Island of Dr. Moreau:
  Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.
- 1910,Stephen Leacock,The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones:
  Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, withjocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.

Synonyms

(humorous):jokey,silly,joculous;see alsoThesaurus:witty

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of“humorous”):heartfelt,serious,sincere

Derived terms

Related terms

joke

Translations

humorous, amusing, joking

Bulgarian:духовит (bg)(duhovit),шеговит (bg)(šegovit)
Chinese:
Mandarin:詼諧 /诙谐 (zh)(huīxié, huīxie),打趣的
Czech:žertovný,humorný,šprýmovný
Dutch:schertsend (nl),grappend (nl)
Esperanto:ŝerca,ŝercema
Finnish:hilpeä (fi),leikkisä (fi),vitsikäs (fi)
French:facétieux (fr),amusant (fr),humoristique (fr)
Georgian:მოხუმარი(moxumari),მხიარული(mxiaruli),სამხიარულო(samxiarulo),იუმორისტული(iumorisṭuli)
German:scherzhaft (de),spaßig (de),witzig (de)
Hebrew:מְבַדֵּחַ(m'vadéakh)
Hungarian:tréfás (hu)
Ido:jokema (io)
Ingrian:šuutkikas,naljakas
Japanese:剽軽 (ja)(ひょうきん, hyōkin)
Maori:whakakata
Polish:żartobliwy (pl)
Portuguese:jocoso (pt)
Russian:шутли́вый (ru)(šutlívyj),шу́точный (ru)(šútočnyj)
Spanish:humorístico,jocoso (es)
Swedish:skämtsam (sv),munter (sv),glad (sv),lustig (sv),humoristisk (sv)
Ukrainian:жартівли́вий(žartivlývyj)
Welsh:ffraeth (cy),ysmala

Further reading

“jocular”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “jocular”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
“jocular”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

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