jocularity

Other forms of jocularity

plural

jocularities·

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 jocularity

What does jocularity mean?

jocularity means "a feeling facetious merriment". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jocularity?

jocularity has 5 syllables: jo-cu-la-ri-ty. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for jocularity?

Close synonyms include jocundity, jocosity, jest, joke. 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 jocularity a common word?

jocularity 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.