jocund

• Adjectif littéraire ou désuet signifiant joyeux, gai, allègre ou plein d'entrain, rarement employé en français moderne.

An old-fashioned adjective meaning cheerful, merry, or sprightly, now rarely used in modern English.

1. Cheerful and lightheartedC2formal

   Feeling, expressing, or causing great happiness and good spirits.

   Joyeux et enjoué

   • The jocund crowd celebrated the festival with music and dance.
   • Her jocund laughter filled the room with joy.
   • The poet described the jocund spring morning in vivid detail.

   Synonymesblithecheerfulgleefuljollyjovialjoyfullightheartedmerrymirthfulsprightly

   Antonymescheerlessdejecteddrearygloomymelancholymiserablemorosesadsorrowfulsullen