different between jocose vs jesting

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??st??/

Noun

jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

1. joking
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim

     Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.

2. bantering; ridicule
3. mocking

Adjective

jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

1. facetious
2. humorous
3. playful; mocking
4. jeering

Verb

jesting

1. present participle of jest