jocundity

Example Sentences

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Lorelei realized before long that this very jocundity of his, since it fed upon constant change and excitement, constituted the gravest menace to their happiness.

From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

It was all endured easily enough, and now and then there were outbursts of rollicking jocundity in spite of it The mere physical suffering of privation is not a thousandth part of its pain.

From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie

The swaggering jocundity of his manner had all gone.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

However, his spirits were not in their usual flow of jocundity just now, and his lively face was dashed with care.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.