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Definition of jocund in English English dictionary
- jovial, exuberant, lighthearted; merry and in high spirits : exhibiting happiness
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. — Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare.
- {a} merry, gay, lively, sprightly, blithe
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
- {s} cheerful, merry, mirthful, jolly
- Merrily; cheerfully
- Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive
- jovial, exuberant, lighthearted; merry and in high spirits
- jocundity
- A jocund remark; a witticism
- jocundity
- The state of being jocund
- jocundity
- {n} pleasantness, agreableness, mirth
- jocundly
- {a} merrily, gayly, joyfully, pleasantly
- jocundity
- {i} cheerfulness, jolliness; amusing remark
- jocundity
- The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness
- jocundity
- a feeling facetious merriment
- jocundly
- in a jocund manner
- jocundly
- happily, cheerfully, joyfully
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joc·undPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'jä-k&nd also ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”), from iuvō (“delight, please”).Resimler
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