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joco-serious

joco-serious is the alternative form of jocoserious.

Meaning of jocoserious

Adjective

jocoserious (comparative more jocoserious, superlative most jocoserious)

  1. Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
    • Our proposed removal to Mr. Small's was, as you suppose, a jest, or rather a joco-serious matter. We never looked upon it as entirely feasible, yet we saw in it something so like practicability, that we did not esteem it altogether unworthy of our attention. It was one of those projects which...1880, Goldwin Smith, chapter VII, in Cowper

Questions about joco-serious

What is joco-serious the alternative form of?
Joco-serious is the alternative form of jocoserious.

Words near joco-serious in the dictionary

  1. jockstrappery
  2. jockstraps
  3. jockteleg
  4. jocktelegs
  5. jocky
  6. joco-serious
  7. Jocoaitique
  8. jocolatte
  9. jocolet
  10. joconde
  11. jocondes

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