a. [ L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke. ] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.

-- jo*cose"ly, adv. -- jo*cose"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Jocose + serious. ] Mingling mirth and seriousness. M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]