jocund
/ˈd͡ʒɑkənd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
Example Sentences
- "Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops."
- "Thou mak'ſt me merry: I am full of pleaſure, / Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch / You taught me but whileare?"
- "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: […]"
- "First in his train is jocund Health, Content, who o'er her distaff sings, And from the plough that honest Wealth Which scorns the tear-bought robe of kings.—"
- "I was feeling blithe, almost jocund."
- "Kunana, where we enjoyed a peace and Prosperity that were unequalled anywhere; where our cattle waxed fat along the green valleys and bred like so many wild animals; where our flocks with the jocund lambs around their dams would frolic, while the she-goats fed from two to three kids each, till we were forced to increase and extend our outposts to give them more and still more space to roam about; Kunana, where maidens sang and danced in the moonlight and made life merry with their mirth; Kunana, our former home, but now, one of the Matebele outposts."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: jocond
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɑkənd/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɒkənd/
Inflected Forms
more jocund (comparative)
most jocund (superlative)