jocose

• His lyre shall be jocose, his plectrum of the lighter sort. —  Horace and His Influence
• Pascal says I have been asked why I employed a pleasant, jocose, and diverting style. —  Classic French Course in English
• This is but one of many instances which could be adduced from the annals of the stage showing how the exhibition of the greatest dramatic passion is consistent with the existence of a jocose, almost cynical, humor on the part of the actors III In the following year (1833), Mme. —  Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens
• He must be able to snivel with the sentimental--to condole with the afflicted--to prove with the practical--to be a theorist with the speculative To be jocose is his most valuable acquisition. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
• Their conversation is exceedingly professional; and should they get slightly jocose, they retail anatomical paradoxes, technical puns, and legendary "catch questions," which from time immemorial have been the delight of all new men in general, and country ones in particular But diligent and industrious as the new man may be, he is mortal after all, and being mortal, is not proof against temptation--at least, after five or six weeks of his pupilage have passed. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete

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