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jocose
jo-KOS
adjective
humorous; joking; merry; jovial
1823John GaltThe ProvostI therefore assumed a coothy and obliging demeanour towards my customers and the community in general; and sometimes even with the very beggars I found a jocose saying as well received as a bawbee, although naturally I dinna think I was ever what could be called a funny man, but only just as ye would say a thought ajee in that way.1898Henry Francis KeenanThe Iron GameIt seemed to him a sort of treason to talk of his regiment before the man who was so soon to be in the ranks against them. 'Oh, I can't tell our secrets before the enemy,' he ended, jocosely.1904Jack LondonThe Sea WolfThomas Mugridge, on the other hand, considered it a laughable affair, and was continually bobbing his head out the galley door to make jocose remarks.

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impute
im-PYOOT
verb
to attribute to something or someone; responsibility or guilt credited to something or someone, often wrongly
1830John Galt The Life of Lord ByronHe formed his plan of travelling upon different reasons from those which he afterward gave out, and which have been imputed to him. 1920Talbot MundyFor the Salt He Had EatenYou, a mere subaltern, a puppy just out of his 'teens, an insignificant jackanapes with two twelve-pounders in your charge, daring to impute disloyalty to Mahommed Khan!—your impudence!1999Alan Dean FosterInto the Thinking KingdomsYou impute to your fellow humans a greater dignity than they deserve.

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