jocu-, jocul-; jocund-; jest +

1. To act, write, or speak in a playfully joking manner about something.
2. A joke or witty remark; a witticism.
2. A bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; a taunt.
3. Etymology: from the 13th century, via Old French geste, "romantic exploit" from Latin gestus and gerere, "to behave, to perform".

1. A professional clown or joker employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages.
2. Someone who likes to have fun or being a joker.
3. Anyone who exhibits witticisms, jokes, and pranks.

1. A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.
2. It is generally assumed that this Anglo-Norman juel is derived from jeu, "game" which came from Latin jocus (source of English "jocular, joke," etc.).
3. An item, worn as an ornament, made of a gemstone placed in a setting of gold, silver, or other metal; such as, a ring, necklace, or bracelet.
4. Etymology: from about 1290, "an article of value used for adornment", from Anglo-French juel, Old French juel, jouel, "ornament, jewel"; perhaps from Middle Latin jocale, from Latin jocus, "joy", in Vulgar Latin, "that which causes joy".

1. Characterized by jokes and good humor.
2. With a playful joking disposition.
3. Humorous, playfully humorous in style.

Mingling mirth and seriousness.

1. With a playful joking disposition.
2. Humorous, intended to be funny.
3. Characterized by joking.
4. Given to joking.
5. Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; such as, a jocular expression or style.

1. Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous.
2. Characterized by jokes and good humor.

1. A description of something that is amusing or intended to cause amusement.
2. A reference to a situation in which someone is happy and likes to make jokes.
3. In jest; for sport or mirth.

The quality or nature of a joke; sportive; merry, witty, facetious, comical.

1. Cheerful and full of good humor.
2. Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.
3. Full of gladness and gaiety; mirthful.
4. Etymology: from Latin jocundus, "pleasant, agreeable, delightful"; however, there appears to be an influence from Latin jocus, "jest, joke".

1. The state or an instance of being jocund; gaiety.
2. A jocund remark or act.
3. Etymology: from Old French jocond, from Latin jocundus, "variant" (influenced by jocus, "joke") of jucundus, "pleasant"; originally "helpful", contraction of juvicundus, from juvare, "to please, to benefit, to help".

This word is etymologically unrelated to jocu- although they seem to be from the same source.

A condition of being merry; cheerful; gay (happy); airy; lively; and sportive.

1. Something said or done to provoke laughter or to cause amusement; such as, a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act.
2. A story, anecdote, or wordplay that is intended to amuse.
3. Anything that is said or done to make people laugh.
4. Something that is amusing or ridiculous; especially, because of being ludicrously inadequate or a sham.
5. A thing, situation, or person laughed at rather than taken seriously; a farce.
6. Someone or something that is laughably inadequate or absurd: "The restaurant environment was nice, but the service was a joke."
7. Something that does not present the expected challenge and which is simply too easy: "The whole class thought that the test the teacher gave us was a joke."
8. Etymology: from Latin jocus, "jest, fun, humor".

1. The act of keeping (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives, etc.) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching them.
2. To hold, catch, carry, or balance precariously; almost drop and then catch hold again: "The baseball player juggled the ball but he finally made the catch."
3. To alter or manipulate in order to deceive, as by subterfuge or trickery: "The politician juggled the facts in his efforts to avoid blame for his misconduct."
4. Making efforts to manage or alternate the requirements of (two or more tasks, responsibilities, activities, etc.) so as to handle each one sufficiently.
5. Etymology: from Latin joculari, "to joke, jest" and Latin jocus, "jest".