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joc·und  (jknd, jknd)

adj.

Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.

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[Middle English, from Old French jocond, from Latin icundus, icundus, from iuvre, to help, delight.]

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jo·cundi·ty (j-knd-t) n.

jocund·ly adv.

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jocund [ˈdʒɒkənd]

adj

of a humorous temperament; merry

[from Late Latin jocundus, from Latin jūcundus pleasant, from juvāre to please]

jocundity  [dʒəʊˈkʌndɪtɪ], jocundness n

jocundly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jocund - 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" jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful, gay joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

Translations

jocund

adj → heiter, fröhlich, frohsinnig (geh)