Meaning & use
Jocose
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Given to joking; playful or humorous in tone or manner.
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His jocose remarks lightened the mood during an otherwise tense meeting.
The professor's jocose asides made even the driest lectures enjoyable.
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"Jocose" comes from the Latin "jocus," meaning "joke," the same root that gives us "jocular" and "joke" itself.
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