4 July 2016

jocular

[jok-yuh-ler]

adjective

1. given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious:
jocular remarks about opera stars.

Origin of jocular

Latin

1620-1630; < Latin joculāris, equivalent to jocul (us) little joke ( joc (us) joke + -ulus -ule ) + -āris -ar1

Related forms

jocularly, adverb
overjocular, adjective
overjocularly, adverb
semijocular, adjective
semijocularly, adverb

Can be confused

jocose, jocular, jocund, jovial (see synonym study at jovial )

Synonyms

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for jocular

Contemporary Examples

When he ran into Sperling at a congressional dinner at the White House a couple of weeks later, the encounter was jocular.
Democrats’ Negotiator in Chief
Lloyd Grove
May 18, 2011

Yet she never wanders far from the defining characteristics of her writing: it’s all jocular observation of herself or others.
Nora Ephron on Her Life, Loves, and Disappointments
Claire Howorth
November 5, 2010

Today’s quote

If we can forgive what’s been done to us… If we can forgive what we’ve done to others… If we can leave all of our stories behind. Our being villains or victims. Only then can we maybe rescue the world.

– Chuck Palahniuk

On this day

4 July 1943 – birth of Alan Wilson. American guitarist and singer-songwriter for Canned Heat. Died 3 September 1970.

4 July 1991 – Dr Victor Chang, a Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon is shot dead during a failed extortion attempt. Chang pioneered heart transplants. He was born on 21 November 1936.