jocundity
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Cecil had been taking time by the forelock in anticipation of Shaw's descent in the morning and was inclined to jocundity.
From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
But they were now increasing the size of the letters in the advertisements and the jocundity of the pictures,—and the thing might be done.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
She carried a delightful jocundity wherever she went.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
It was all endured easily enough, and now and then there were outbursts of rollicking jocundity in spite of it The mere physical suffering of privation is not a thousandth part of its pain.
From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by David Christie Murray
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 Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
In spite of such feeble jocundities, Spenser easily gets the goods on the errant pitcher.
From Time Magazine Archive
For Mr. Harold Smith was in earnest, and did not quite relish these jocundities.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
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