jocundity

[joh-kuhn-di-tee]

noun

plural

jocundities 

1. the state or an instance of being jocund; gaiety.

2. a jocund remark or act.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jocundity¹

1375–1425; late Middle English jocundite; jocund, -ity

Example Sentences

The only thing that now distinguished this portion of the beach from the rest was a certain heightened jocundity in the advertisements on the sides of the bathing-machines at that spot.

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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.

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She carried a delightful jocundity wherever she went.

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Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?

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I have seldom witnessed a more amazing cataclysm of jocundity!

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