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jokesomeness

jokesomeness noun: the condition or quality of being jokesome; jest.

Noun

jokesomeness (uncountable)

  1. The condition or quality of being jokesome; jest
    • But with a kind of perverse jokesomeness (the hodgepodge of words and symbols on the coffin recollects Addison's examples of "false wit"), she leaves behind a mystifying substitute for the self — [...]1982, Terry Castle, Clarissa's Ciphers
    • It is even a ghastlier notion that the jokesomeness of a philosopher, the unessential fringe of a subject, often becomes the soul-destroying weary, worrying study of a schoolboy.1900, John Perry, England's Neglect of Science

Origin of jokesomeness

From jokesome + -ness.

Questions about jokesomeness

What does jokesomeness mean?
Jokesomeness means the condition or quality of being jokesome; jest.
What part of speech is jokesomeness?
Jokesomeness is a noun.

Words near jokesomeness in the dictionary

  1. jokes it up
  2. jokes up
  3. jokesmith
  4. jokesmiths
  5. jokesome
  6. jokesomeness
  7. jokest
  8. jokester
  9. jokesters
  10. jokette
  11. jokettes

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