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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jocosité, n. Also: joscosité, josiosité. [L. type *jocōsitās, f. jocōsus adj., jocose. Cf. e.m.E. jocosity (1646).] A jocose act or saying; a piece of jesting or merrymaking. —1518 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 176.
Chosin to be Litiljohn for to mak sportis and jocositeis [pr. joscositeis] in the toun1518 Prot. Bk. J. Foular II. 30.
Chosin to be Litiljohn for to mak sportis and josiositeis [sic] in the toune

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