Definitions for jocose

jocose jo·cose

Spelling: [joh-kohs, juh-]
IPA: /dʒoʊˈkoʊs, dʒə-/

Jocose is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in jocose (cejoos).

Definitions for jocose

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful:

Origin of jocose

1665-75; Latin jocōsus, equivalent to joc(us) joke + -ōsus -ose1

Examples for jocose

The rather numerous men of the family were dense and grumpy, or dense and jocose.

The tone of the proclamation was not as jocose as in the former Chigirin talks.

He was informed in a jocose way that they were making Epping butter!

File, a deep or artful man, a jocose name for a cunning person.

He was jocose doubtless so as to pass the matter off lightly, and to spare my feelings.

I have been asked why I employed a pleasant, jocose, and diverting style.

He was genial and jocose, sunburnt and romantically allusive.

His manner had always been jocose, and yet she knew of the earnestness behind it.

At length Colonel Clark turned to me with that quiet, jocose way he had when relaxed.

A jocose answer to children when they say they have gotten nothing.

Word Value for jocose
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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