[ adj ] characterized by jokes and good humor <adj.all>
jocose \jo*cose"\ (j[-o]*k[=o]s"), 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.