jocular

jokey, non-serious, playful

TRANSLATION

scherzhaft, spaßig, witzig, zu Scherzen aufgelegt

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"The film disposed of the novel's second half entirely, favoring Hollywood's JOCULAR old man played so lovably by Peter Ustinov, living in the US Capital bulding.)

(in a Review of "Logan's Run" by T.F. Wagner)

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know?

jo-cu-lar

Jocular means: characterized by joking, or given to joking

Etymology: Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus

Date: 1626

SYNONYMS:
merry
jovial
witty
playful
jesting
waggish


ANTONYMS:
somber
gloomy
melancholy
dismal
serious

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