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† ˈjoculatory, a. Obs.
[ad. L. joculātōri-us, f. joculātor: see prec. and -ory.]
Characteristic of, or having the character of, a jester; jocular.
1623Cockeram, Ioculatorie, merrily spoken. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 348 They conclude them to be but joculatory pranks. 1661K. W. Conf. Charac., Cambridge Minion (1860) 79 She..can if need be sing you a merry song and be pretty joculatory.
Hence † ˈjoculatorily adv. Obs.
1623Cockeram ii, Merrily, Ioculatorily. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 210 How, then, dare prophane men offer to do such a thing joculatorily, jugglingly? |