jocoseness

To tell the truth, a part of his jocoseness was a blind: he was the greatest peacemaker, except Mr. Harmony in the play, that ever was born.

The only talkative one of the party was Mr Bloxam, whose tongue continually tingled with ponderous jocoseness that had a strongly Scriptural flavour.

A reductio ad absurdum which attained serious attention, in spite of its patent jocoseness, appeared in an early number of the Dublin University Kottabos.

"Well," said the widow, more affably, "say you are—" "I are engaged to be married," promptly struck in the major, with untimely jocoseness.

"I know the furnishing of every third-floor front on the line," she replied, with a dreary attempt at jocoseness.