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Quotation dates: 1518
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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 toun 1518 Protocol Book of John Foular II. 30.
Chosin to be Litiljohn for to mak sportis and josiositeis [sic] in the toune
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