Part 6166

<h1>Jocularly</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"u*lar*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.</def>

<h1>Joculary</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"u*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jocularius</ets>. Cf. <er>Jocular</er>.]</ety> <def>Jocular; jocose; sportive.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Joculator</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"u*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Juggler</er>.]</ety> <def>A jester; a joker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Strutt.</i>

<h1>Joculatory</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"u*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>joculatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Droll; sportive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Jocund</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"und</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>jocundus</ets>, <ets>jucundus</ets>, orig., helpful, fr. <ets>juvare</ets> to help. See <er>Aid</er>.]</ety> <def>Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.</def>

<blockquote>Night's candles are burnt out, and <b>jocund</b> day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Rural sports and <b>jocund</b> strains. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Joc"und*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Joc"und*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Jocund</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joc"und</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Merrily; cheerfully.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Jocundity</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Jo*cun"di*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jocunditas jucunditas</ets>. See <er>Jocund</er>, and cf. <er>Jucundity</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.</def>

<h1>Joe</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Johannes</er>.</def>

<h1>Joe Miller</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joe" Mil"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Joseph Miller</ets>, a comic actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest book published in 1739.]</ety> <def>A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>It is an old <b>Joe Miller</b> in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none. <i>Pole.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Joe-Pye weed</h1> <Xpage=801>

<hw>Joe`-Pye" weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tall composite plant of the genus <spn>Eupatorium</spn> (<spn>E. purpureum</spn>), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.</def>