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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
| examples | when hearts were young and gay a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company Wordsworth the jolly crowd at the reunion jolly old Saint Nick a jovial old gentleman have a merry Christmas peals of merry laughter a mirthful laugh |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | joyous |
| Derivationally related form | mirthful → mirthfulness |
| Derivationally related form | merry → merriness |
| Derivationally related form | jovial → joviality |
| Derivationally related form | jovial → joviality |
| Derivationally related form | jolly → jolly; jolly → jollity |
| Derivationally related form | jolly → jolliness |
| Derivationally related form | jocund → jocundity |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | joyous |
| Derived from adjective | gayly → gay |
| Derived from adjective | mirthfully → mirthful |
| Derived from adjective | jovially → jovial |
| Derivationally related form | merriness → merry |
| Derivationally related form | joviality → jovial |
| Derivationally related form | jolly → jolly; jollity → jolly |
| Derivationally related form | mirthfulness → mirthful |
| Derivationally related form | jocundity → jocund |
| Derivationally related form | joviality → jovial |
| Derivationally related form | jolliness → jolly |
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