jocund
English
Etymology
From Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: jo‧cund
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdʒɒkənd/, /ˈdʒəʊkənd/
Audio (UK): (file)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: jäkʹənd, jōʹkənd, IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑkənd/, /ˈdʒoʊkənd/
Adjective
jocund (comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund) (formal)
- Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
- Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 12, column 2:
- Thou mak'ſt me merry: I am full of pleaſure, / Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch / You taught me but whileare?
- 1612, [Miguel de Cervantes], “Which Treates of the Strange Aduentures that Hapned to the Knight of the Mancha, in Sierra Morena: And of the Penance He Did there, in Imitation of Belti Nebros”, in Thomas Shelton, transl., The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC, part 3, page 243:
- 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: […]
Derived terms
Translations
jovial, exuberant, lighthearted; merry and in high spirits
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