jocundity

Example Sentences

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The swaggering jocundity of his manner had all gone.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

She carried a delightful jocundity wherever she went.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

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

The only thing that now distinguished this portion of the beach from the rest was a certain heightened jocundity in the advertisements on the sides of the bathing-machines at that spot.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver