The style is serious and partly jocular.
Dryden.
Joc`u*lar"i*ty (?), n. Jesting; merriment.
Joc"u*lar*ly (?), adv. In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.
Joc"u*la*ry (?), a. [L. jocularius. Cf. Jocular.] Jocular; jocose;
sportive. Bacon.
Joc"u*la`tor (?), n. [L. See Juggler.] A jester; a joker. [Obs.]
Strutt.
Joc"u*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. joculatorius.] Droll; sportive. [Obs.]
Cockeram.
Joc"und (?), [L. jocundus, jucundus, orig., helpful, fr. juvare to
help. See Aid.] Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the
misty mountain tops.
Shak.
Rural sports and jocund strains.
Prior.
-- Joc"und*ly (#), adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.
Joc"und, adv. Merrily; cheerfully. Gray.
Jo*cun"di*ty (?), n. [L. jocunditas jucunditas. See Jocund, and cf.
Jucundity.] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
Joe (?), n. See Johannes.
Joe" Mil"ler (?). [From Joseph Miller, a comic actor, whose name was
attached, after his death, to a popular jest book published in 1739.] A
jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]
It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two
reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your
partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having
none.
Pole.
Joe`-Pye" weed` (?). (Bot.) A tall composite plant of the genus
Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
Jog (jg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jogged (jgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jogging
(-gng).] [OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock,
v.]
1. To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or
touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.
Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see Yonder
well-favored youth?
Donne.
Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my side.
Pope.
2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as,
to jog the memory.