jocosityn.
/dʒə(ʊ)ˈkɒsᵻti/, U.S. /dʒoʊˈkɑsədi/, /dʒəˈkɑsədi/ a. Jocose quality or disposition, mirthfulness; esp. as exhibited in speech or action: mirth, merriment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry
merrinesseOE
jollitya1350
jollinessc1386
jocundityc1420
festivity1583
buxomness1598
joviality1626
mirthsomenessa1645
jocosity1646
allegresse1652
jovialness1658
mirthfulness1749
festiveness1777
zizz1920
gleefulness1934
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvi. 372 A laugh there is of contempt or indignation, as well as of mirth and Jocosity . View more context for this quotation
1778 F. Burneyy Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 106 A curious trait..of Dr. Johnson's jocosity.
1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) xiv. 199 A low-minded creature, whose only idea of wit or jocosity is to give others pain.
b. A jocose saying or act; a piece of jesting.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke
gameOE
jape1377
bourda1387
mirthc1390
mowa1393
chapec1400
skauncec1440
sport?1449
popc1540
flirt1549
jest1551
merriment1576
shifta1577
facetiae1577
gig1590
pleasantry1594
lepidity1647
rallery1653
drollery1654
wit-crack1662
joco1663
pleasance1668
joke1670
jocunditya1734
quizzification1801
funniment1826
side-splitter1834
funniness1838
quizzery1841
jocularity1846
rib-tickler1855
jocosity1859
humorism1860
gag1863
gas1914
nifty1918
mirthquaker1921
rib1929
boffo1934
giggle1936
1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists i. 42 Early fabliaux, passing from mouth to mouth as rude jocosities.
1865 Sat. Rev. 29 July 151/1 A fabricator of small jocosities affecting the manner of a great humourist.
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