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

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

Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

Ornament—strange as the doctrine sounds in a world decivilised—was in the beginning intended to be something jocund; and jocundity was never to be achieved but by postponement, deference, and modesty. 

From The Rhythm of Life by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson

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)