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jocund

Syllables: jo·cund/ˈd͡ʒɒkənd/US/ˈd͡ʒɑkənd/

jocund adjective: jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

Adjective

jocund (comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund)

  1. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
    • Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops.c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]
    • Thou mak'ſt me merry: I am full of pleaſure, / Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch / You taught me but whileare?1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

jocund meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

jocund in Urdu

خوشگوار, مگن, رنگیلا, زندہ دل

jocund in Bengali

হাসিখুশি, উৎফুল্ল, উৎফুল্লতা

jocund in Malayalam

ഉല്ലാസവാനായ, പ്രസന്നമായ, രസമുള്ള

jocund in Kannada

ಗೆಲುವುಗೂಡಿದ, ಉಲ್ಲಾಸಭರಿತ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಯ, ವಿನೋದಕರ, ಆಹ್ಲಾದಕರ, ಹದುಳಿರುವ

Forms of jocund

comparativemore jocund
superlativemost jocund

Origin of jocund

From Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”). Doublet of jucund.

Words formed from jocund

Questions about jocund

What does jocund mean?
Jocund means jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
What is jocund in Urdu?
Jocund in Urdu is خوشگوار, مگن, رنگیلا. See Jocund meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is jocund?
Jocund is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jocund?
Jocund is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒkənd/ (UK).

Words near jocund in the dictionary

  1. joculatory
  2. joculatrices
  3. joculatrix
  4. joculous
  5. jocuma
  6. jocund
  7. jocundest
  8. jocundities
  9. jocundity
  10. jocundly
  11. jocundness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jocund (page history and authors); jocund (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocund (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocund (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocund (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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