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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. full of or showing high-spirited merriment;
- Example: "when hearts were young and gay"
- Example: "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- Example: "the jolly crowd at the reunion"
- Example: "jolly old Saint Nick"
- Example: "a jovial old gentleman"
- Example: "have a merry Christmas"
- Example: "peals of merry laughter"
- Example: "a mirthful laugh"
[syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jocund \Joc"und\, [L. jocundus, jucundus, orig., helpful, fr.
   juvare to help. See Aid.]
   Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
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         Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
         Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --Shak.
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         Rural sports and jocund strains.         --Prior.
   -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jocund \Joc"und\, adv.
   Merrily; cheerfully. --Gray.
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