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jocular

adj
/ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/UK/ˈd͡ʒɑkjəlɚ/US

Etymology

From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).

  1. derived from iocularis

Definitions

  1. Humorous, amusing or joking.

    • He was in a jocular mood all day.
    • All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
    • From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.

The neighborhood

  • antonymheartfeltantonym(s) of “humorous”
  • antonymseriousantonym(s) of “humorous”
  • antonymsincereantonym(s) of “humorous”

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at jocular. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at jocular. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at jocular

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA