jocundry

English

Alternative forms

  • jocondrie

Etymology

From jocund +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

Noun

jocundry (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic) Jocund action or behaviour; merriment.
    • 1653, Madeleine de Scudéry, translated by F. G., Artamenes: Or Cyrus the Great‎[1], volume 2, London: Humphrey Moseley, part VIII, page 110:
      yet no perſon upon Earth had a ſweeter Jocundry of mind then ſhe, nor who better pleaſed thoſe unto whom ſhe was freely pleaſed to communicate her ſelfe;

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