Part 6165

<h1>Lockeyism</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Lock"ey*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice of jockeys.</def>

<h1>Lockeyship</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Lock"ey*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.</def>

<blockquote>Go flatter Sawney for his <b>jockeyship</b>. <i>Chatterton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Where can at last his <b>jockeyship</b> retire? <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jocose</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jo*cose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L <ets>jocosus</ets>, fr. <ets>jocus</ets> joke. See <er>Joke</er>.]</ety> <def>Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.</def>

<blockquote>To quit their austerity and be <b>jocose</b> and pleasant with an adversary. <i>Shaftesbury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All . . . <b>jocose</b> or comical airs should be excluded. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Jo*cose"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Jo*cose"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak <b>jocosely</b>, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. <i>Broome.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like <b>jocoseness</b>; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jocoserious</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jo`co*se"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Joco</ets>se + <ets>serious</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mingling mirth and seriousness.</def>

<i>M. Green.</i>

<h1>Jocosity</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jo*cos"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Jocular</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jocularis</ets>, fr. <ets>joculus</ets>, dim. of <ets>jocus</ets> joke. See <er>Joke</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Given to jesting; jocose; <as>as, a <ex>jocular</ex> person</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sportive; merry.</def> "<i>Jocular</i> exploits."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>The style is serious and partly <b>jocular</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jocularity</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc`u*lar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jesting; merriment.</def>