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Webster 1913 Edition
Jocund
Joc′und
,Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Night’s candles are burnt out, and
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
– jocund
dayStands 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.
Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Rural sports and jocund strains.
Definition 2024
jocund
jocund
English
Adjective
jocund (comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund)
- 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
- (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Shelton, translator, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes