jocund

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   full of or showing high-spirited merriment

   A jocund crowd filled the square after the victory.

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Simplified etymology

Jocund, recorded from the late Middle English period, ultimately derives from Latin jocus, “jest” or “wordplay,” and is historically related to joke and jocular.

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

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