n. A common tropical American shrub or small tree (Spondias purpurea) with purplish fruit. Syn. -- mombin, mombin tree, Spondias purpurea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke. ] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. [ 1913 Webster ]
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.
-- jo*cose"ly, adv. -- jo*cose"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
