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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jocund \joc"und\, l. jocundus, jucundus, orig., helpful, fr.
juvare to help. see aid.
merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
1913 webster
night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --shak.
1913 webster
rural sports and jocund strains. --prior.
-- joc"undly, adv. -- joc"undness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
aid joc"undly joc"undness
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jocund \joc"und\, adv.
merrily; cheerfully. --gray.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jocund
adj : 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" syn: gay, jolly, jovial,
merry, mirthful
see also:
gay jolly jovial merry mirthful
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