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Webster 1913 Edition


Jocund

Joc′und

,
[L.
jocundus
,
jucundus
, orig., helpful, fr.
juvare
to help. See
Aid
.]
Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Night’s candles are burnt out, and
jocund
day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
Shakespeare
Joc′und-ly
(#)
,
adv.
Joc′und-ness
,
Noun.

Joc′und

,
adv.
Merrily; cheerfully.
Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jocund

JOC'UND

,
Adj.
[L. jocundus, from jocus, a joke.]
Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Rural sports and jocund strains.

Definition 2024


jocund

jocund

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

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