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PRONUNCIATION: [jok-uhnd]

ORIGIN: Late Middle English; Latin

ETYMOLOGY: via Old French from Latin jocundus, variant (influenced by jocus ‘joke’) of jucundus ‘pleasant, agreeable’, from juvare ‘to delight’

DEFINITION:
1. (adjective) cheerful; merry; blithe; glad

Synonym(s): cheerful, happy, jolly, merry, bright, glad, joyful

Antonym(s): sad, unhappy

EXAMPLE: The wedding party was described as witty and jocund.

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