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Definition of jocund adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jocund

adjective
 
/ˈdʒɒkənd/,
 
/ˈdʒəʊkənd/
 
/ˈdʒɑːkənd/,
 
/ˈdʒəʊkənd/
(formal)
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  1. cheerful
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin jocundus, variant (influenced by jocus ‘joke’) of jucundus ‘pleasant, agreeable’, from juvare ‘to delight’.
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