JOCKEYSHIP
Jock"ey*ship, n.
Defn: The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality
of a jockey.
Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship. Chatterton.
Where can at last his jockeyship retire Cowper.
JOCOSE
Jo*cose", a. Etym: [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.]
Defn: Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in
jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary.
Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.
Syn. — Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical. — Jo*cose"ly, adv. — Jo*cose"ness, n. Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome. He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle.
JOCOSERIOUS
Jo`co*se"ri*ous, a. Etym: [Jocose + serious.]
Defn: Mingling mirth and seriousness. M. Green.
JOCOSITY
Jo*cos"i*ty, n.
Defn: A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne.
JOCULAR
Joc"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. jocularis, fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke.
See Joke.]