joculatio

joculatio [ML] 1 jocularity, jollification, play. afflictiones abstinentie usque in horam convenientem prorogatas vigorose patiente leta ~one illido et eludo J. Godard Ep. 222; 1350 nec †inter sint [l. intersint] publicis morando potationibus aut societatibus, vel aliis ~onibus utendis locis publicis MonA V 256. 2 entertainment, performance. 1521 in vino expendito †par [l. per] ballivos et compares suos videntes lusum et ~onem dicti joculatoris (Ac. Salop.) Med. Stage II 252.