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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
jocund
    adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
           were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
           such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
           the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
           gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
           laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund,
           jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jocund \Joc"und\, [L. jocundus, jucundus, orig., helpful, fr.
   juvare to help. See Aid.]
   Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
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         Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
         Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --Shak.
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         Rural sports and jocund strains.         --Prior.
   -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jocund \Joc"und\, adv.
   Merrily; cheerfully. --Gray.
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