English

Adjective

jocund ‎(comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund)

1. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Shelton, translator, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes

     There was once a widow, fair, young, free, rich, and withal very pleasant and jocund, that fell in love with a certain round and well-set servant of a college.

   • (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

     Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Wordsworth

     a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company

Derived terms

• jocundly

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