jocular

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

jocu·lar BrE [ˈdʒɒkjələ(r)] NAmE [ˈdʒɑːkjələr] adjective (formal)
1. humorous
•a jocular comment
2. (of a person)enjoying making people laugh
Syn: ↑jolly
see also ↑joke
Derived Words: ↑jocularity ▪ ↑jocularly

Word Origin:
[jocular jocularity jocularly] early 17th cent.: from Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus ‘jest, wordplay’.

Example Bank:
•He tried to sound jocular.
•She explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jesting, jocose, joking, jocosely