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Definition of jocose adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jocose

adjective

/dʒəˈkəʊs/

/dʒəˈkəʊs/

(formal)

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Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin jocosus, from jocus ‘jest, wordplay’.

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