▪ I. † ˈjoculary, n. Obs. rare.
[app. an altered form of OF. jouglerie, jogelerie, with assimilation to L. joculator: cf. jocular n.]
The art or practice of jesters or jugglers; jugglery.
| a 1500 Bernard. de cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.) 216 A mane, he says, quhik al his fantasy Has geffyne to vice and vesy ioculary. Ibid. 231 The instrumentis pertenande ioculary War neuer plesande to god ȝeit sekyrly. |
▪ II. † ˈjoculary, a. Obs.
[ad. L. joculāri-us ludicrous, f. jocul-us: see -ary.]
= jocular a.
| 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. x. §13 With Arts voluptuarie, I couple practises iocularie. a 1661 Fuller Worthies, Cornwall i. (1662) 198 This is a joculary and imaginary Court, wherewith men make merriment to themselves. |