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joculary

joculary adjective: jocular; jocose; joking.

Adjective

joculary (comparative more joculary, superlative most joculary)

  1. (obsolete) jocular; jocose; joking
    • With arts voluptuary I couple practices joculary1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...

Forms of joculary

comparativemore joculary
superlativemost joculary

Origin of joculary

From Latin jocularius. Compare jocular.

Questions about joculary

What does joculary mean?
Joculary means jocular; jocose; joking.
What part of speech is joculary?
Joculary is an adjective.

Words near joculary in the dictionary

  1. jocularisms
  2. jocularities
  3. jocularity
  4. jocularly
  5. jocularness
  6. joculary
  7. joculator
  8. joculators
  9. joculatory
  10. joculatrices
  11. joculatrix

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