ext_382412 ([identity profile] imifumei.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2011-07-19 05:10 pm

jocose

jocose adj. Latin (jocus, joke) given to or characterized by joking Also Jocosely adv., jocosity n.

I was thinking that this is a synonym for jocund, but it seems to be more specifically used for joking as opposed to jocund, which I believe can be used more generally to describe any sort of jollity or merriment.

Usage:

The authorities may like to pretend that hacking is hacking and therefore all prosecutable offenses but there seems to be a clear difference between the jocose redirection of a business homepage to something humorously ironic and the deliberate alteration of evidence in an investigation.

Or

Little Stella shrieked and stomped off in a huff because she failed to see the jocosity in the neighborhood boys' remarks about her pink dress and pigtails making her look like a piglet.

[identity profile] rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com 2011-07-20 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, poor little Stella! At least her name wasn't Ima Hogg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2011-07-21 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor Stella. She's right to.

---L.