jocose
jocose (jo*kōs") , adjective
[L jocosus, from 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.
All... jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity.
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life.