jocund

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Latin, jucundus, pleasant, agreeable, from juvare, to delight

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jocund

  1. jovial, exuberant, lighthearted; merry and in high spirits : exhibiting happiness
    There was once a widow, fair, young, free, rich, and withal very pleasant and jocund, that fell in love with a certain round and well-set servant of a college.Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes (translated by Thomas Shelton)
    a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company — William Wordsworth
    Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare