Adjective

(en adjective)

(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.

He was in a jocular mood all day.

All we had was a short and jocular conversation.

* 1865 , , chapter IV:

From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular .

* 1896 , , chapter 15:

Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.

* 1910 , :

Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.

Adjective

(en adjective)

resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd

The actions of politicians in office are a farcical joke to most of their constituents.

*{{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation

, passage=A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. }}