† jocundryn.
Obsolete.
a. Jocund action or behaviour, merriment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]
dreamOE
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
galec1200
bauderyc1386
oliprancec1390
cheera1393
gaynessc1400
disportc1405
joyousitiea1450
festivitya1500
lakea1500
gaiety1573
merriment1574
jucundity1575
galliardise?1577
jouissance1579
merrymake1579
jolliment1590
mirth1591
jollyhead1596
spleen1598
jocantry16..
geniality1609
jovialty1621
jocundry1637
gaietry1650
sport1671
fun1726
galliardism1745
gig1777
merrymaking1779
hilarity1834
rollick1852
1637 J. Milton Corrections of Comus in Wks. (1738) I. 8 And favour our close Jocondrie, Till all thy Dues bee done, and nought left out.
1670 E. R. Animadversions Glanvill's Ne Plus Ultra 39 By way of jocundry.
b. Jocund disposition, cheerfulness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]
blithenessc1000
blithec1400
cheerfulness1435
chertec1449
jocundness1482
hilarity1568
cheerliness1571
good humour1571
exhilaration1626
cheerishness1645
geniality1652
jocundry1655
cheeriness1658
brightness1660
shine1710
flow of spirits1716
sunshine1717
genialness1727
festiveness1777
sunniness1829
riancy1834
gleesomeness1847
Euphrasia1882
hilariousness1885
blithesomeness1886
gayness1896
1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. viii. ii. 111 No person upon Earth had a sweeter Jocundry of mind then she.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.1637