jocular

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JOC'ULAR, adjective [Latin jocularis, from jocus, a joke.] 1. Jocose; waggish; merry; given to jesting; used of persons. 2. Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; as a jocular expression or style.
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