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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Shak.
Rural sports and jocund strains. --Prior.
-- {Joc"und*ly}, adv -- {Joc"und*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jocund \Joc"und\, adv
Merrily; cheerfully. --Gray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
jocund
adj : 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" [syn: {gay}, {jolly}, {jovial},
{merry}, {mirthful}]
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