ənd, ˈdʒoʊ adjective
cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad: a witty and jocund group.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English jocound < Late Latin jocundus, alteration of Latin jūcundus pleasant, equivalent to ju(vāre) to help, benefit, please, delight + -cundus adj. suffix
1350–1400; Middle English jocound < Late Latin jocundus, alteration of Latin jūcundus pleasant, equivalent to ju(vāre) to help, benefit, please, delight + -cundus adj. suffix
Related forms
joc·und·ly, adverb
qua·si-joc·und, adjective
qua·si-joc·und·ly, adverb
un·joc·und, adjective
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| —adj | |
| of a humorous temperament; merry | |
| [C14: from Late Latin jocundus, from Latin jūcundus pleasant, from juvāre to please] | |
| jocundity | |
| —n | |
| 'jocundness | |
| —n | |
| 'jocundly | |
| —adv | |
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jocund
late 14c., from O.Fr. jocond, from L. jocundus, variant (infl. by jocus "joke") of jucundus "pleasant," originally "helpful," contraction of *juvicundus, from juvare "to please, benefit, help" (see adjutant).
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