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jocular
English
Etymology
From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??kj?l?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??kj?l?/
Adjective
jocular (comparative more jocular, superlative most jocular)
- Humorous, amusing or joking.
- He was in a jocular mood all day.
- All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
- 1865, Horatio Alger, Paul Prescott's Charge, chapter IV:
- From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.
- 1896, H. G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau, chapter 15:
- Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.
- 1910, Stephen Leacock, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones:
- Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.
Synonyms
- (humorous): jokey, silly, joculous; see also Thesaurus:witty
Antonyms
- (humorous): heartfelt, serious, sincere
Derived terms
Related terms
- joke
Translations
Further reading
- jocular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- jocular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- jocular at OneLook Dictionary Search
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sporting
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sp??t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sp??t??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?spo(?)?t??/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?spo?t??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t??
Verb
sporting
- present participle of sport
Adjective
sporting (comparative more sporting, superlative most sporting)
- (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
- He got a job in a sporting goods store.
- (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
- (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.
- It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.
- (not comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
Derived terms
- sporting goods
- sporting house
- sporting chance
Translations
Noun
sporting (plural sportings)
- The act of taking part in a sport.
Anagrams
- ringpost, ringspot
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