jocund Meaning of "jocund"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) full of or showing high-spirited merriment

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Usage(s):

  1. The jocund vitality which lured Grischa to mad escape is no less vivid than his fatalistic reluctance to escape again.
  2. The brow of Dean Inge, never very jocund at best, was painfully overcast.
  3. Da, meaning dad, is what this salty Irish play is all about, and in the title role, Barnard Hughes is formidable and irresistibly jocund.
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