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- adjective Alternative form of
jocoserious .
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Indeed, in the late Renaissance the great anthologies of ancient and modern paradoxes were put together; at the same time, similar joco-serious collec - tions of mathematical and scientific anomalies were gathered as “mathematical recreations,” a near-literary genre of its own.
LITERARY PARADOX ROSALIE L. COLIE 1968
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| [85] Triple rimes are naturally excellent for joco-serious |
The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
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