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Jocund

//ˈd͡ʒɑkənd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

    "Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops."

Adjective
  1. 1
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment wordnet

Etymology

From Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”). Doublet of jucund.

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