|  jocund 
 
 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 mirthful laugh
 • Syn:
 gay, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
 • Similar to:
 joyous
 • Derivationally related forms:
 mirthfulness (for: mirthful), merriness (for: merry), joviality (for: jovial), jolly (for: jolly), jolliness (for: jolly), jollity (for: jolly), jocundity
 
 
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