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semi-jocular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
semi-joc-u-lar
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat jocular.

Etymology

From semi- + jocular.

Inflected Forms

semijocular (alternative)

Questions

What does semi-jocular mean?
Somewhat jocular.
Where does semi-jocular come from?
From semi- + jocular.

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