Middle English Dictionary Entry
jocunditẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jocunditẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF jocondité |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Joy, happiness.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)368/26 : Biholde now & se of what cheere my verry pore seruauntis be of, wiþ how myche ioie & iocundite þei dwelle.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.34/18 : This Thomas..was a man of iocunde companye and felowly iocundite.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1121 : Vngreyned grape in high iocundite [L iucunditate] Me may suppe of.
- c1460 Vndir a park (Hrl 2255)36 : The Ierarchyes Ioyed with greet Iocundite.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)214/8 : He makeþ hem to dwelle in iocundite and grete ioye.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)124/24 : Helþe shal be wiþoute fautyng, noon anxiete, blisful iocundite [L jucunditas], swete companye.