The term "jocose" has been used in literature to capture a range of humorous, playful, or lighthearted nuances in characters’ actions and dialogue. In works like Middlemarch [1] and Great Expectations [2], it conveys a warming sense of humor that softens social interactions, while in Babbitt [3] and The Lives of the Twelve Caesars [4] the adjective underscores a free-spirited or casually teasing demeanor. At times it even intersects with more reflective or ironic tones, as seen in Montaigne’s essays [5] and William James’s assertion that certain discussions should not be taken jocose [6]. Authors such as Dostoyevsky [7, 8] and Chekhov [9] further demonstrate its versatility by pairing it with gestures or tones, thus allowing the word to imbue both characters and narrative with a distinct flavor of amused, if sometimes restrained, levity.