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jokesomeness

jokesomeness

English

Noun

jokesomeness (uncountable)

  1. The condition or quality of being jokesome; jest
    • 1982, Terry Castle, Clarissa's Ciphers:
      But with a kind of perverse jokesomeness (the hodgepodge of words and symbols on the coffin recollects Addison's examples of "false wit"), she leaves behind a mystifying substitute for the self — [...]
    • 1900, John Perry, England's Neglect of Science:
      It is even a ghastlier notion that the jokesomeness of a philosopher, the unessential fringe of a subject, often becomes the soul-destroying weary, worrying study of a schoolboy.
    • 2008, R. D. Blackmore, Marry Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale:
      "We mought be; and yet again we mought not," Master Popplewell returned, with a glance at Mrs. Deborah, who had just been describing to the company how much her husband excelled in jokesomeness.