The jocose man soon had the guests laughing. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : a jocose and amusing manner. From Dictionary.com.
Liszt, that amiable critic replied that the word "grotesque" had no place in piano playing -- that they should properly be called jocose, or something of that sort. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
Now this division is made according to the intention of the effect: for a "jocose" lie is told in order to make fun, an. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
With the rabbi he maintained an armed truce which manifested itself in a kind of jocose teasing that occasionally developed an unpleasant edge. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]
There is a kind of jocose or burlesque satire peculiar to Italy, in which the literature is extremely rich. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference
"jocose" lie, or of usefulness, and then we have the "officious" lie, whereby it is intended to help another person, or to save him from being injured. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Ballmer laughs and his laugh is like jocose thunder. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft vs. Google:] Reference
Then Reb Mendel, with whom he was inclined to be jocose. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet]
Therefore jocose and officious lies are not mortal sins. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
For I notice in your letter a tendency to be even jocose. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
His lyre shall be jocose, his plectrum of the lighter sort. From Wordnik.com. [Horace and His Influence] Reference
Rabelais closes his story with jocose irreverent application of. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Once, in a moment of drollery, he entered a jocose memorandum in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Undoubtedly a half jocose way of stating the alliance of the children. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
I have been asked why I employed a pleasant, jocose, and diverting style. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
To be jocose is not the sole requisite of him who would fain be a universal diner-out. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841] Reference
‘As I am here, I might as well do a stroke of work,’ he said, striving to be jocose. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Lion of Granpere] Reference
Judge Jajbhay was in a jocose mood despite the fact that proceedings dragged on past 5pm. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Recovering himself in a moment, Albert said to Mrs. Templeton: "Your husband is very jocose!". From Wordnik.com. [Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)] Reference
The little joke of the cattle is a play-fool fan-cy of the jocose artiste as did the panorama. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
The first of these is called an officious lie, the second a jocose lie, the third a mischievous lie. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
As yet, I have not had the honor of his acquaintance, but when I do meet him I shall say something jocose. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Thus it is evident that it is neither an officious nor a jocose lie, and consequently it must be a mischievous lie. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
The old man, who had put on his short sheepskin jacket, was just as good-humored, jocose, and free in his movements. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
Leonard greeted him with the restraint and the jocose matter-of-factness that exist between men who love each other. From Wordnik.com. [Four Days The Story of a War Marriage] Reference
The eyebrow flourished over the jocose idea; the stony eye glittered a moment like a revolving light, and then relapsed into darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
He often used such jocose expressions, which were as much the effect of the spiritual joy he felt, as of his natural lively and joyous turn of mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi] Reference
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