jocund

Definitions


[ˈdʒəʊk(ʌ)nd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- cheerful and light-hearted
(e.g: a jocund wedding party)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin jocundus, variant (influenced by jocus ‘joke’) of jucundus ‘pleasant, agreeable’, from juvare ‘to delight’




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