† jocundaryadj.
Obsolete.
Jocund, mirthful, jocular.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting
bourdfula1425
pleasant1530
facete1600
joculary1605
merrya1616
jocundary1618
lepidc1619
droll1623
humorousa1652
drollerical1656
humoursome1656
drollish1674
ludicrous1687
humorific1819
jestful1831
humoristica1834
1618 (title) The Owles Almanacke; Prognosticating many strange accidents..by the painefull labours of Mr. Iocundary Merrie-braines.
c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iii. 18 Poor Follie, honest Follie, jocundary Follie forsake your Lordship.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner
merrilyc1395
japinglya1420
pleasantly1552
jestingly1569
facetiously1598
facetely1620
joculatorily1623
sportively1631
lepidly1653
jocularly1655
jocundarily1660
ludicrouslya1678
drollingly1684
jokingly1700
jocosely1725
humorously1752
drolly1791
jest-wise1844
side-splittingly1859
japishly1888
jokily1976
1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 155 I have found him jocundarily scoffing at it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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