Jocantry to Joint
Jocantry
(Jo"cant*ry) n. [L. jocans, p. pr. of jocare to jest, fr. jocus a jest.] The act or practice of
jesting. [Obs.]
Jockey
(Jock"ey) n.; pl. Jockeys [Dim. of Jack, Scot. Jock; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d
Jack.]
1. A professional rider of horses in races. Addison.
2. A dealer in horses; a horse trader. Macaulay.
3. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Jockey
(Jock"ey), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jockeyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jockeying.]
1. " To jostle by riding against one." Johnson.
2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jockey
(Jock"ey), v. i. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Jockeying
(Jock"ey*ing) n. The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery. Beaconsfield.
Jockeyism
(Jock"ey*ism) n. The practice of jockeys.
Jockeyship
(Jock"ey*ship), n. The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship.
Chatterton.
Where can at last his jockeyship retire?
Cowper. Jocose
(Jo*cose") a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a
joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary.
Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
I. Watts. Syn. — Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.
— Jo*cose"ly, adv. — Jo*cose"ness, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity.
Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with
a holy and serious life.
Buckle. Jocoserious
(Jo`co*se"ri*ous) a. [Jocose + serious.] Mingling mirth and seriousness. M. Green.
Jocosity
(Jo*cos"i*ty) n. A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne.
Jocular
(Joc"u*lar) a. [L. jocularis, fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke. See Joke.]
1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
2. Sportive; merry. "Jocular exploits." Cowper.
The style is serious and partly jocular.
Dryden.
