jocundity
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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
Lorelei realized before long that this very jocundity of his, since it fed upon constant change and excitement, constituted the gravest menace to their happiness.
From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
I have seldom witnessed a more amazing cataclysm of jocundity!
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Learned and meditative as was Sir Thomas More, a jesting humour, a philosophical jocundity, indulged on important as well as on ordinary occasions, served his wise purpose.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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 Murray, David Christie
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 Trollope, Anthony
