jocundity

American  

[joh-kuhn-di-tee] / dʒoʊˈkʌn dɪ ti /

noun

plural

jocundities

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

2. a jocund remark or act.

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Etymology

Origin of jocundity

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

Example Sentences

Mademoiselle, too, seemed affected by the sweetness and jocundity of the early day.

From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson

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

The first was answered in a tone of bullying jocundity.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

Cecil had been taking time by the forelock in anticipation of Shaw's descent in the morning and was inclined to jocundity.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

Fanny, who had ever forced herself to the diffusion of merriment when there was cheerlessness to be dispelled, reflected with happy eyes the old-time jocundity now reawakened.

From Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Stephens, Robert Neilson