jocularyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[jocular 词源字典]
jocular: see joke
[jocular etymology, jocular origin, 英语词源]
jocular (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1620s, from Latin iocularis "funny, comic," from ioculus, diminutive of iocus (see joke (n.)). Implies evasion of an issue by a joke.