a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company.
Examples of jocund
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These doughnuts or donuts, by any spelling, cast their jocund spell.
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Da, meaning dad, is what this salty Irish play is all about, and in the title role, Barnard Hughes is formidable and irresistibly jocund.
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Italian for jocund, happy or jovial, Gioconda was a nickname for the sitter, a pun on the feminine form of her married name Giocondo and her disposition.
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His attacks on the existing social customs prompted jocund retorts from Catherine the Great, who even set her own journal called Vsyakaya vsyachina to comment on Novikov's articles.
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Gay: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a ...
(jocundity) a feeling facetious merriment
Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
Jovial, exuberant, lighthearted; merry and in high spirits : exhibiting happiness
(jocundity) The state of being jocund; A jocund remark; a witticism
Adjective - sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive