Etymology
Origin of jocundity
Example Sentences
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Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?
From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.
By no means undignified, the face presented that combination of slyness and jocundity which we are accustomed to imagine of the canonical jolly-dogs in mediaeval tales.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
She carried a delightful jocundity wherever she went.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry
The first was answered in a tone of bullying jocundity.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
Learned and meditative as was Sir Thomas More, a jesting humour, a philosophical jocundity, indulged on important as well as on ordinary occasions, served his wise purpose.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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