jokesomeness

English

Etymology

From jokesome +‎ -ness.

Noun

jokesomeness (uncountable)

1. The condition or quality of being jokesome; jest
   • 1982, Terry Castle, Clarissa's Ciphers:

     But with a kind of perverse jokesomeness (the hodgepodge of words and symbols on the coffin recollects Addison's examples of "false wit"), she leaves behind a mystifying substitute for the self — [...]

   • 1900, John Perry, England's Neglect of Science:

     It is even a ghastlier notion that the jokesomeness of a philosopher, the unessential fringe of a subject, often becomes the soul-destroying weary, worrying study of a schoolboy.

   • 2008, R. D. Blackmore, Marry Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale:

     "We mought be; and yet again we mought not," Master Popplewell returned, with a glance at Mrs. Deborah, who had just been describing to the company how much her husband excelled in jokesomeness.