jocoseness

Questions about jocoseness

What does jocoseness mean?

jocoseness means "the trait of merry joking".

How many syllables are in jocoseness?

jocoseness has 4 syllables and divides as jo-co-se-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for jocoseness?

Close synonyms include jocosity, merriness, humorousness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jocoseness a common word?

jocoseness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.