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   jocund

   /ˈdʒɒk(ʌ)nd/

   adjective

   • 1. cheerful and light-hearted: formal "a jocund wedding party"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin jocundus, variant (influenced by jocus ‘joke’) of jucundus ‘pleasant, agreeable’, from juvare ‘to delight’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jocundity noun
   • 2. jocundly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • J

     8

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

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