jocundry

noun

jocundry

noun

US /d͡ʒoʊ̯ˈkʌnd.ri/ · UK /d͡ʒəʊ̯ˈkʌnd.rɪ/

Etymology From jocund + -ry.

1

Archaic, No plural Jocund action or behaviour; merriment.

yet no perſon upon Earth had a ſweeter Jocundry of mind then ſhe, nor who better pleaſed thoſe unto whom ſhe was freely pleaſed to communicate her ſelfe;1653, Madeleine de Scudéry, translated by F. G., Artamenes: Or Cyrus the Great, volume 2, London: Humphrey Moseley, part VIII, page 110:

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