jocosity

Other forms of jocosity

plural

jocosities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jocosity

What does jocosity mean?

jocosity means "fun characterized by humor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jocosity?

jocosity has 4 syllables: jo-co-si-ty. The stress falls on "co".

What is another word for jocosity?

Close synonyms include jocularity, jocoseness, 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 jocosity a common word?

jocosity 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.