jocoseriousadj.
/dʒəʊkəʊˈsɪərɪəs/ Half jocular, half serious; partly in jest and partly in earnest; blending jokes and serious matters.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > partly
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > half serious, half jocular
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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 61 Mr. Brounrig was appointed to perform the Joco-serious part.
1737 M. Green Spleen 176 Drink a joco-serious cup With souls who've took their freedom up.
1819 Ann. Reg. 21/2 The right hon. gentleman went on in this joco-serious strain.
Derivatives
jocoseriˈosity n. (nonce-word).
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1885 E. Johnson in Browning Society Papers vii. 29 Our own poet has lately characterized himself as a jocoserious genius; and in fact this jocoseriosity seems of much the same quality with the eironeia of the Greek.
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