Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joculator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: joc-u-la-tor
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A jester; a joker.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The joculators were sometimes excellent tumblers; yet, generally speaking, I believe that vaulting, tumbling, and balancing, were not exectued by the chieftan of the gleeman's company, but by some of his confederates"

Etymology

From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

joculators (plural)

Questions

What does joculator mean?: A jester; a joker.
Where does joculator come from?: From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.

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