different between jocund vs noisy

English

Etymology

From Old French jocond, from Latin i?cundus (“pleasant, agreeable”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: jo?cund
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??k?nd/, /?d???k?nd/
• (US) enPR: jäk??nd, j??k?nd, IPA^(key): /?d??k?nd/, /?d?o?k?nd/

Adjective

jocund (comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund)

1. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
   • 1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), Don Quixote (originally by Miguel de Cervantes)

     There was once a widow, fair, young, free, rich, and withal very pleasant and jocund, that fell in love with a certain round and well-set servant of a college.

   • 1807, William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

     a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company

Derived terms

• jocundity
• jocundly
• jocundness

Translations

English

Etymology

noise +? -y

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?n??zi/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?n???z?/
• Rhymes: -??zi

Adjective

noisy (comparative noisier, superlative noisiest)

1. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

   the noisy crowd.

   Synonyms: clamorous, vociferous, turbulent, boisterous

2. Full of noise.

   a noisy bar

3. Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention

   noisy clothes

Derived terms

• noisy miner
• noisily
• noisiness

Translations

References

• noisy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• yonis