ETYMOLOGY
compound of jocose and facetious
EXAMPLE
“… “Yes, you have, you saucy baggage, and I will have them again from your ruddy lips,” at the same time smacking them with great glee. The girl was glad to find the ‘squire so jococious, and particularly too, as he gave her a shilling, and a chuck under the chin. …”
From: The Child of Providence
Or, The Noble Orphan, A Novel
By Miss H. L. Porter, 1820
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