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ˈjocundness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being jocund.
1. = jocundity 1.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 86 He shewid alwey in wordys and countenans gladnes and iocundnes. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke v. 34 Where reason would that al thinges should be ful of mirth and iocoundnesse. 1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 178 Casting away..the clouds of the mind, and begetting jocundnesse in the heart.
†2. = jocundity 2. Obs.
1426Audelay Poems 26 Ther is no tong that con tel,..That joye, that jocundnes, that Ihesus wyl joyn hym to. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 264 Where is light and life, where is glory and jocundnesse, where is joy and exultation. |