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jocundity

/dʒəˈkʌn.dɪ.ti/

jocundity noun: the state of being jocund.

Noun

jocundity (countable and uncountable, plural jocundities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being jocund.
  2. (countable) A jocund remark; a witticism.

jocundity meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

jocundity in Tamil

இன்கிளர்ச்சி

jocundity in Urdu

ہنسی خوشی, کھلاڑی پن, خوش طبعی, رنگیلا پن

jocundity in Bengali

প্রফুল্ল হওয়ার অবস্থা, একটি প্রফুল্ল মন্তব্য, একটি সরস উক্তি

Forms of jocundity

pluraljocundities

Origin of jocundity

From Middle English jocundite, from Middle French jocundité, from Late Latin iōcunditās. By surface analysis, jocund + -ity. Doublet of jucundity.

Questions about jocundity

What does jocundity mean?
Jocundity means the state of being jocund.
What is jocundity in Tamil?
Jocundity in Tamil is இன்கிளர்ச்சி. See Jocundity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jocundity?
Jocundity is a noun.
How do you pronounce jocundity?
Jocundity is pronounced /dʒəˈkʌn.dɪ.ti/.
What is the plural of jocundity?
The plural of jocundity is jocundities.

Words near jocundity in the dictionary

  1. joculous
  2. jocuma
  3. jocund
  4. jocundest
  5. jocundities
  6. jocundity
  7. jocundly
  8. jocundness
  9. jocundry
  10. jod
  11. Jod-Basedow effect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jocundity (page history and authors); jocundity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocundity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocundity (Bengali 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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