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joculatory

joculatory adjective: funny; witty.

Adjective

joculatory (comparative more joculatory, superlative most joculatory)

  1. (obsolete) funny; witty
    • let me now answer your facetious Letter (of 10 August) with a joculatory line or two1654, G. G., letter to Thomas Blount

Forms of joculatory

comparativemore joculatory
superlativemost joculatory

Origin of joculatory

Latin joculatorius.

Questions about joculatory

What does joculatory mean?
Joculatory means funny; witty.
What part of speech is joculatory?
Joculatory is an adjective.

Words near joculatory in the dictionary

  1. jocularly
  2. jocularness
  3. joculary
  4. joculator
  5. joculators
  6. joculatory
  7. joculatrices
  8. joculatrix
  9. joculous
  10. jocuma
  11. jocund

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