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From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).

jocular (comparative more jocular, superlative most jocular)

  1. Humorous, amusing or joking.
    He was in a jocular mood all day.
    All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
    • 1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 15”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau:
      Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.

humorous, amusing, joking

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