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jocund, a.|ˈdʒɒkənd, ˈdʒəʊkənd|
Also 4–6 iocounde, 4–7 iocunde, (5 ioycounde), 5–6 iocond(e, 6 iocound, (gioconde), 7–8 jocond.
[a. OF. jocond, jocund (also ju-) = Sp. jocunde, It. giocondo, ad. late L. jocund-us, modification (after jocus joke, jest) of L. jūcundus pleasant, agreeable, delightful, f. juv-āre to help, aid, delight, please. Hence the etymological form is jucund; the application of jocund to persons has been affected by association with jocus. Now exclusively a literary word.]
Feeling, expressing, or communicating mirth or cheerfulness; mirthful, merry, cheerful, blithe, gay, sprightly, light-hearted; pleasant, cheering, delightful. (Of persons, actions, things, etc.)
c1380Chaucer To Rosemounde 5 Therwith ye ben so mery and so iocounde. c1386― Can. Yeom. Prol. 43 He is ful iocunde also, dar I leye. 1388Wyclif 1 Sam. xxv. 36 The herte of Nabal was iocounde, for he was drunkun greetli. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvii. (Percy Soc.) 127 An hevy herte it wolde make jocunde. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 10 His jocunde jestes made me oftetyme full gladde. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. v. 9 Iocond day Stands tipto on the mistie Mountaines tops. 1632Milton L'Allegro 94 And the jocond rebecks sound. 1677W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 94 To avoid more Ink-shed in these Tales of Blood-shed, let's fall on some that are of a Jocunder Humour. 1750Gray Elegy vii, How jocund did they drive their team afield! 1814Scott Ld. of Isles i. xvii, Be laughter loud and jocund shout, And bards to cheer the wassail rout. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 202 His careless manners and jocund repartees might well seem incompatible with anything serious.
†b. Feeling pleasure at some particular event or circumstance; joyful, glad, well-pleased. Obs.
a1400Morte Arth. 2897 Gerarde es jocunde, and joyes hym þe more! c1440Gesta Rom. i. xx. 69 (Harl. MS.), I am more iocund þen any man may trowe, þat I se the hole. 1578Florio 1st Fruites 52 Gioconde was the Emperor Gratian, when he read the Posies of Ausonius.
c. Comb.
1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. ii. 45 Rosalind is one of the most enchanting among jocund-spirited heroines. 1866Carlyle Remin. ii. (1881) I. 131 Irving was very good and jocund-hearted. |