jocundity
Example Sentences
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Ornament—strange as the doctrine sounds in a world decivilised—was in the beginning intended to be something jocund; and jocundity was never to be achieved but by postponement, deference, and modesty.
From The Rhythm of Life by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
Ornament—strange as the doctrine sounds in a world decivilized—was in the beginning intended to be something jocund; and jocundity was never to be achieved but by postponement, deference, and modesty.
From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
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
