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
Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?
From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.
By no means undignified, the face presented that combination of slyness and jocundity which we are accustomed to imagine of the canonical jolly-dogs in mediaeval tales.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
She carried a delightful jocundity wherever she went.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry
I have seldom witnessed a more amazing cataclysm of jocundity!
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea by Moses, Montrose Jonas
