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jo⋅cun⋅di⋅ty

  [joh-kuhn-di-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. the state or an instance of being jocund; gaiety.
2. a jocund remark or act.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME jocundite; see jocund, -ity
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joc·und   (jŏk'ənd, jō'kənd)   
adj.  Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.

[Middle English, from Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus, iōcundus, from iuvāre, to help, delight.]
jo·cun'di·ty (jō-kŭn'dĭ-tē) n., joc'und·ly adv.
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Jocundity

Jo*cun"di*ty\, n. [L. jocunditas jucunditas. See Jocund, and cf. Jucundity.] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
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