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jocularity

/ˌd͡ʒɑkjəˈlɛɹɪti/

jocularity noun: joking, humorous remarks or behaviour.

Noun

jocularity (countable and uncountable, plural jocularities)

  1. Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour.
    • It should seem he had that day been in a humour for jocularity and merriment, and upon such occasions I never knew a man laugh more heartily.1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 494
    • […] Cristal Nixon at that moment rode up to them, and said, with an affectation of jocularity which sat very ill upon his sullen features, […]1824 June, [Walter Scott], “chapter 5”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 156
    Synonyms:
    jokefulness

jocularity meaning in Tamil and Urdu

jocularity in Tamil

நகைச்சுவைத்தன்மை

jocularity in Urdu

بذلہ سنجی, مزاح, مذاق, ظرافت

Synonyms of jocularity

Forms of jocularity

pluraljocularities

Origin of jocularity

From jocular + -ity.

Questions about jocularity

What does jocularity mean?
Jocularity means joking, humorous remarks or behaviour.
What is jocularity in Tamil?
Jocularity in Tamil is நகைச்சுவைத்தன்மை. See Jocularity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jocularity?
Jocularity is a noun.
How do you pronounce jocularity?
Jocularity is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɑkjəˈlɛɹɪti/ (US).
What is the plural of jocularity?
The plural of jocularity is jocularities.

Words near jocularity in the dictionary

  1. joctelegs
  2. jocular
  3. jocularism
  4. jocularisms
  5. jocularities
  6. jocularity
  7. jocularly
  8. jocularness
  9. joculary
  10. joculator
  11. joculators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jocularity (page history and authors); jocularity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocularity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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