Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jokesomeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: joke-some-ness
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or quality of being jokesome; jest

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But with a kind of perverse jokesomeness (the hodgepodge of words and symbols on the coffin recollects Addison's examples of "false wit"), she leaves behind a mystifying substitute for the self — [...]"
"It is even a ghastlier notion that the jokesomeness of a philosopher, the unessential fringe of a subject, often becomes the soul-destroying weary, worrying study of a schoolboy."
""We mought be; and yet again we mought not," Master Popplewell returned, with a glance at Mrs. Deborah, who had just been describing to the company how much her husband excelled in jokesomeness."

Etymology

From jokesome + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: jokesome

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does jokesomeness mean?: The condition or quality of being jokesome; jest
Where does jokesomeness come from?: From jokesome + -ness.

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