jocundity
Example Sentences
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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
I pleased myself with the idea how completely, when I came to the estate, I would renovate all things, and make the old building ring with merriment, till it was astonished at its own jocundity.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
Mademoiselle, too, seemed affected by the sweetness and jocundity of the early day.
From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson
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
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 Trollope, Anthony
