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Webster 1913 Edition

[L.

jocundus

jucundus

, orig., helpful, fr.

juvare

to help. See

Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

Night’s candles are burnt out, and

jocund

day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.

Shakespeare

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Joc′und-ly

(#)

adv.

–

Joc′und-ness

Noun.

adv.

Merrily; cheerfully.

Gray.

Adj.

[L. jocundus, from jocus, a joke.]

Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

Rural sports and jocund strains.