different between comic vs jocose

English

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (k?mikós, “relating to comedy”), from ????? (kômos, “carousal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?m?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?m?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

1. Funny; amusing; comical.

2. Relating to comedy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:funny
• (comedy): comedic, comical

Related terms

• comedian
• comical
• comicality
• comically
• comicalness
• comic strip

Translations

Noun

comic (plural comics)

1. A comedian.

2. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
3. (Britain) A children's newspaper.

Related terms

• comic book
• comic strip
• comics
• stand-up comic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French comique, from Latin comicus.

Adjective

comic m or n (feminine singular comic?, masculine plural comici, feminine and neuter plural comice)

1. comical

Declension

Spanish

Noun

comic m (plural comics)

1. Misspelling of cómic.

English

Etymology

From Latin ioc?sus (“humorous”), from iocus (“jest, joke”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???k??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d???ko?s/, /d?o??ko?s/

Adjective

jocose (comparative more jocose, superlative most jocose)

1. given to jesting; habitually jolly
   • 1941, Ogden Nash, "Look What You Did, Christopher!", in The Face Is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 223.

     The American people, / With grins jocose, / Always survive the fatal dose.

2. playful; characterized by joking

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:witty

Derived terms

• jocosely
• jocoseness
• jocoserious
• jocosity

Related terms

• jocular
• jocund

Translations

Latin

Adjective

joc?se

1. vocative masculine singular of joc?sus

References

• jocose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• jocose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette