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jocund

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

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rollicking

English

Alternative forms

  • rollocking

Verb

rollicking

  1. present participle of rollick

Noun

rollicking (plural rollickings)

  1. (Britain) A scolding, a bollocking.
    • 2004. Richard Ayoade as Dean Learner in "Once Upon a Beginning", Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode 1
      Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.

Adjective

rollicking (comparative more rollicking, superlative most rollicking)

  1. carefree, merry and boisterous

Synonyms

  • rollicksome

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