Definition of Jocular. Meaning of Jocular. Synonyms of Jocular

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Definition of Jocular

Jocular
Jocular Joc"u*lar, a. [L. jocularis, fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke. See Joke.] 1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person. 2. Sportive; merry. ``Jocular exploits.' --Cowper. The style is serious and partly jocular. --Dryden.

Meaning of Jocular from wikipedia

- A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant...
- the earliest recorded use is 1725 as "Welsh rabbit" (possibly ironic or jocular as the dish contains no rabbit); the earliest do****ented use of "Welsh...
- Cartoon physics or animation physics are terms for a jocular system of laws of physics (and biology) that su****des the normal laws, used in animation...
- Resistentialism is a jocular theory to describe "seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects", where objects that cause problems (like...
- their policies if put in power. This was disputed by Garrett as a "short jocular conversation". Garrett was comfortably re-elected for Kingsford Smith in...
- Oxford English Dictionary. In any case, the phrase can be interpreted as a jocular expression of the correct insight that a single counterexample, while sufficient...
- The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Gr**** φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe...
- ball. A particularly bad shot, or one that only hits the backboard, is jocularly called a brick. The hang time is the length of time a player stays in...
- An insult is an expression, statement, or behavior that is often deliberately disrespectful, offensive, scornful, or derogatory towards an individual or...
- broadcast two w****s later, with Mets pitcher Ron Darling delivering a jocular "apology" as the cold open. The episode scheduled for February 10, 2001...