jocund

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops."
• "Thou mak'ſt me merry: I am full of pleaſure, / Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch / You taught me but whileare?"
• "There was once a widdow faire, young, free, rich, and withall very pleaſant and iocund, that fell in loue with a certaine round and well-ſet ſeruant of a Colledge: […]"