What does jocose mean?
Jocose means given to jesting; habitually jolly.
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/d͡ʒəˈkəʊs/ · adjective
given to jesting; habitually jolly.
Adde to this diſsipated and diſtracted ſtate of Miniſters, their private diſtreſſes and poverties, together with the publick neglect and indifferency of people toward them; who can wonder if they look pitifully one on another, which no jocoſe or juvenile drolings can relieve?
Jocose flesh-eaters take a malicious delight in pointing out and enumerating to Vegetarians the many animal substances now in common use, and in taunting them with inconsistency in using them.
The American people, / With grins jocose, / Always survive the fatal dose.
Use jocose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jocose means given to jesting; habitually jolly.
Common synonyms include humorous, jesting, jocular, joking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Adde to this diſsipated and diſtracted ſtate of Miniſters, their private diſtreſſes and poverties, together with the publick neglect and indifferency of people toward them; who can wonder if they look pitifully one on another, which no jocoſe or juvenile drolings can relieve?
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