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jocund
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synonyms: sportive ???
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Definition:merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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she would not be here in Hemingford Home to see the time of the change as summer gave in to pagan, jocund autumn.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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This gentle and unforc’d accord of Hamlet
Sits smiling to my heart; in grace whereof,
No jocund health that Denmark drinks today
But the great cannon to the clouds shall tell,
And the King’s rouse the heaven shall bruit again,
Re-speaking earthly thunder. Come away.
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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